‘Love each other as I have loved you’

Editor’s note: This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.

This is one of those commands of Jesus that seems beyond our ability, and I would submit that indeed it is beyond our reach. If we have a modicum of understanding of the love of Jesus we would know that we don’t love as he loves.

I love my 2-year-old granddaughter immensely, but to pretend that I love her in the same way that Jesus loves you and me would indicate that I have grossly underestimated the love of God.