Daily Devotional - "The Love of God"   I John 5:3 "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome." This verse took me in a different direction as l read it today. When l hear the phrase "the love of God", l almost immediately think of me as the recipient. In this verse, He is to be the recipient. This is about us loving Him. How? By being obedient. Specifically, by obeying His commandments. Those commandments are summed up in Mark 12:30-31 "Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength... and your neighbor as yourself." Of course, that should not be burdensome. But, I let my guilt or attitude or something get in the way. Maybe that is why loving myself can become burdensome, hence making the love of others more difficult. So l love God who loves me, so l obey His commands so He can love others through me. This is doable because I do love Him, and me, and therefore others. In Him, Pastor Fred