I must make a confession - I’ve never really been a huge fan of Shakespeare. There, I’ve said it. However, some time ago, I was introduced to one of his sonnets in particular, #116, that I find compelling. Perhaps you had to memorize this work in school. I want to mention part of this sonnet:
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds, admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds…”
Maybe you’re saying, “Huh?” But here’s the point - love that is truly love cannot help but love at all times. Love that is the real thing must do what it does - it must freely and unchangeably love! It can do no less. Our text today leaves us with a simple yet deeply challenging question - do we love our brothers and sisters in Christ like that? Beloved, the answer can be yes, and in that answer we can say for certain, “We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren” (1 John 3:14a).
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