Growing Through It: Love anyway

Some of the last words Jesus spoke before the cross weren’t long-winded or deeply theological. They were simple. Direct. Maybe even frustratingly so. “Love one another.” That’s it. Right there, in John 13:31–35, Jesus looked around the table at a group of flawed, ordinary people – one about to betray Him, another about to deny Him, and gave them His final instructions: “As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” It wasn’t a suggestion. It was a calling. And