Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8
The word ‘love’ crops up time and again in the New Testament, and like every other Christian, I am drawn the word because it speaks directly about God’s love as the prime example we should follow. The world would be a better place, with a lot less strife, if we took this message to heart.
The apostle suggests that loving each other ‘deeply’ covers over many sins. What a gracious God we have that He loves us deeply enough to forgive our sins by covering them over. I think we should love our God, but we need to love our neighbour deeply too. We are not able to cover their sins because only our Saviour can do that, but we are able to point the way!
You will be hard pressed to find the concept of ‘tough love’ in Scripture, but you will find many references to deep, unconditional love as exemplified by Jesus, His apostles and disciples. Nowhere is love stressed more than in the family home, whether between parent and child, or spouse to spouse. We are warned by Paul that we cannot abuse, or take love for granted and he singles out the family home as a very needy area of conflict. My question is, “are we up to it?”
Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. Colossians 3:20,21
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