[Songs in the Night - January 22]
By love serve one another. Galatians 5:13
LET us judge of our love for others, for the Lord,
for the brethren, for our families, for our neighbors, for
our enemies even, by our willingness to sacrifice in
their interest and for their highest welfare.
If we find
ourselves sacrificing nothing in the interest of the
Lord's cause, let us not delude ourselves by saying that
we love the Lord.
If we find ourselves unwilling to endure,
to sacrifice in the interests of the brethren and
others dear to us, let us not mistake the matter and
call it love.
If we find ourselves unwilling to do kindness
even to our enemies when they are in need, let
us make no mistake; for the Lord hath declared that a
course of goodness and mercy and self-denial is the
only index of a loving heart. Z'08-249 R4224:5 (Hymn 23)