“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this:  “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.”

 Mark 12:30-31

The Bible makes it clear that we are commanded to love one another. Love is the driving force behind our entire faith, the reason for everything we do. Every Christian knows that they should love. But sometimes it can be hard to discern just how to love. How can we fulfill this commandment in our everyday lives? We can start by looking to the example of Christ and love others as He has loved us. So how can we emulate Jesus in the ways that we love each other?

Love Unconditionally

1 Peter 4:8: “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.”

The love that God shows us is unconditional – it never leaves us, no matter how far we stray from Him. In the same manner, we are meant to love those around us. We are all imperfect, bound to make mistakes and hurt each other in the process. But 1 Peter tells us that love is strong enough to cover those sins. Love can overcome any wrongdoing. Instead of bearing grudges or holding onto anger, we should be asking for God’s grace to help us look past all human flaws.

Love Without Expecting Anything in Return

Luke 6:35: “But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.”

It’s easy to love someone when it’s beneficial to us. But what about when there’s the possibility that we might never be rewarded? Think of Jesus; He healed the sick, the crippled, and many others who came to Him. What could these people have done to repay Him? What could they have given Him that He did not already have? Pure love does not expect anything in return; it simply rejoices in the act of giving.

Love With Action

1 John 3:18: “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”

It’s important to express love verbally; all throughout the Bible we see the power of words. Words are vitally important for building each other up in encouragement. But love goes far beyond words. For instance, if you say you love orphans and widows while ignoring the ones in your own community, do you truly love them? When we say we love someone, we show that we mean it by caring for their practical and spiritual needs, as best as we can. Love involves offering our own time and resources to someone in need, out of pure compassion. Love is action.

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