How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
Jn. 21:15-17
When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, DO YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN THESE others do [do you love Me affectionately, ardently, supremely, and perfectly as I love you]?
He said to Him, Yes, Lord, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU [I like you and feel a deep, affectionate, close friendship for You].
He said to him, Feed My lambs.
He said to Him, Yes, Lord, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU [I like you and feel a deep, affectionate, close friendship for You].
He said to him, Feed My lambs.
Again He said to him the SECOND TIME, Simon, son of John, DO YOU LOVE ME? [do you love me affectionately, ardently, supremely, and perfectly as I love you]?
He said to Him, Yes, Lord, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU [I like you and feel a deep, affectionate, close friendship for You].
He said to him, Shepherd (tend) My sheep.
He said to Him, Yes, Lord, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU [I like you and feel a deep, affectionate, close friendship for You].
He said to him, Shepherd (tend) My sheep.
He said to him the THIRD TIME, Simon, son of John, DO YOU LOVE ME? [like Me and feel a deep, affectionate, close friendship for Me]?
PETER WAS GRIEVED that He should ask him the third time, DO YOU LOVE ME? [was saddened and hurt lest Christ saw something in his heart which he didn’t see in himself]
PETER WAS GRIEVED that He should ask him the third time, DO YOU LOVE ME? [was saddened and hurt lest Christ saw something in his heart which he didn’t see in himself]
And he said to Him, Lord, YOU KNOW EVERYTHING; YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU [I like you and feel a deep, affectionate, close friendship for You].
Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
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Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
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Pray the Word:
Lord, teach us how to be capable to LOVE BEYOND OUR HUMAN EMOTIONS – to be able to love like Christ loves us. We stand, like Peter, uncertain, afraid, knowing how weak we are, knowing that our human love can never stand the pressure and the test. We want You to be able to say to us, as You said to Peter, ‘Feed My sheep’.
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