Intro- John 15

Well hello! I'm basically starting this blog so that I can better understand/organize my thoughts... I'm not as articulate as I'd sometimes like to be, but I'm going to give it all a shot...

I attend the Lutheran Campus Ministries at Northern Arizona University. This year our theme was "Living a life of love". I am completely absorbed in this idea of living a life of loving others. I'm trying to figure out what that looks like and how I can continually get better at this...

The book of John chapter 15, particularly verses 9-17 is something that I have been resonating the most with lately, what it means, and how to apply it to my life. Here is one translation:

"I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love. I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. This is my command: Love each other."

I'll continue my dissection later... For now, I must actually do work at work