“Love shall be our token
Love be yours and love be mine
Love to God and all men
Love for plea and gift and sign”
(Love Came Down at Christmas)
Readings
Psalm 36:5-9
John 3:16-21
1 John 4:7-12
Reflection
Does love—to be true—have to be extraordinary? How does love for ourselves and others continue and develop? How does an oil lamp burn? With the force of its source or with gentle drops that keep it sustained and alight.
Jesus demonstrated self-giving love in his ministry as the Good Shepherd. Advent is a time for kindness, thinking of others, and sharing with others. It is a time to love as God loved us by giving us his most precious gift. As God is love, let us be love also. Jesus is not far off but in us—in you. In your words, actions and being.
From the Gospel of John we hear: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
May we put Christ first in our lives, may we follow his footsteps, may we reveal his love to others.
Prayer
God in whom we live and move and have our being,
come teach us that you have made us your own.
You are not far from each of us,
show yourself to all who search for you.
That as you reveal yourself to us in Love we may reveal that Love to others. Amen
Further Prayers
We pray for all who have shown us Christ and revealed your truth. We remember our church community that we may be inspired in new and bold ways to show your love.
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