Love
We are predestined to be ‘conformed to the image’ of God’s Son. This means, of course, not a likeness of bodily presence, but a likeness of character and nature. It means a similarity of thought, of feeling, of desire, of loves, of hates.
The secret of Christ’s life was the pouring out of Himself for others; and if we are like Him, this will be the secret of our lives also.
Love gives all, and must have all in return. The wishes of one become binding obligations to the other, and the deepest desire of each heart is, that it may know every secret wish or longing of the other.
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