{"id":12889,"date":"2025-07-31T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12889"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:11:10","slug":"known-for-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/known-for-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Known for Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pink-Love-Hearts-Watercolour-Illustration-Love-Card-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pink-Love-Hearts-Watercolour-Illustration-Love-Card-Instagram-Post-45-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pink-Love-Hearts-Watercolour-Illustration-Love-Card-Instagram-Post-45-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pink-Love-Hearts-Watercolour-Illustration-Love-Card-Instagram-Post-45-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pink-Love-Hearts-Watercolour-Illustration-Love-Card-Instagram-Post-45.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus gave the disciples a fresh \u201cnew commandment\u201d to keep them focused on what truly matters: love.\u00a0 Understanding the human condition, the Savior knew that rivalry would disrupt the fellowship of His followers.\u00a0 By instructing them to love one another, it would create a bond that would help keep them united, as well as show their devotion to Him.\u00a0 Christ loved without reservation or limit, and He expected the disciples to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we become fully devoted followers of Christ, we must do so with love.\u00a0 Hatred separates, but love unites.\u00a0 Becoming an active participant in Jesus&#8217; mission requires us to find ways to love everyone, regardless of their differences.\u00a0 God didn\u2019t call us to judge; He called us to love, a verb that requires His help to complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only by partnering with the Almighty can we acquire the necessary tools to show affection for our fellow humans.\u00a0 Through God\u2019s divine intervention, we can pray for our enemies, weed our hearts of hate, and become known for our love.\u00a0 Left to our own devices, we quickly find ourselves mired in selfishness and misery.\u00a0 But when we do what Jesus did and love as He wants us to love, we will discover a fullness of life that we can find no other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love people to the best of your ability by partnering with the Savior and following His lead.&nbsp; You will never regret it, and find the joy of the Lord as you follow His command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a><\/a>Journal Question:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Who in your life has demonstrated the love of Christ to you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Random Act of Kindness:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">How can you actively love one another today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Jesus gave the disciples a fresh \u201cnew commandment\u201d to keep them focused on what truly matters: love.\u00a0 Understanding the human condition, the Savior knew that rivalry would disrupt the fellowship of His followers.\u00a0 By instructing them to love one another, it would create a bond that would help keep them united, as well&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/known-for-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Known for Love<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12892,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889\/revisions\/12892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}