FEBRUARY 29
God is love; and he that
dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in
him—1 John
4:16. |
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Justice fills the
measure full, but love shakes it, presses it down, heaps it up and
overflows justice. It is therefore something not to be demanded, nor
its lack to be complained of, but to be gratefully appreciated as a
favor and to be generously reciprocated. Everyone who craves it at
all should crave it in its highest sense—the sense of admiration and
reverence. But this sort of love is the most costly, and the only
way to secure it is to manifest that nobility of character which
calls it forth from others who are truly noble.
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| Parallel
passages: Deut. 4:37; Psa. 63:3;146:8; Jer. 31:3; John 3:16; Rom.
5:8; 1 John 3:1; Psa. 31:23; 73:25,26; 91:14; Rom. 8:28; John
14:15,21,23; 16:27; 1 Cor. 16:22; 2 Cor.5:14; John 3:34,35;
15:12,13; Rom. 12:9,10; Matt. 5:41-47;
19:19. |
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