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 ⁷Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ⁹This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹²No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.                                 [1 Jn 4:7-12]

This passage really hit home. My New Year's resolution, as you all know by now, is to live a life of love: "12 Months of Love" according to 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. This passage basically summed up love; specifically, God's love for His children. Several times throughout the passage it says, "God is love." Thinking about how hard it is to define God, we can easily say that He is love. What is love? Love drives out fear, love is genuine, love is unconditional, there is confidence in love, love is God (and God is love). It's such a vast concept, but nonetheless, it is incredible. My favorite verses in the passage are verses 10 and 12: "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins...No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us." This is how we love. Love is the foundation of a Christian Relationship; between Christ and his people and among brothers and sisters in Christ.