"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:"
1 Peter 1:22
I like the idea that we purify our souls with truth, by following it. That was dishonesty, or untruth, equals corruption, and harming our souls, and that seems about right, not only in our personal efforts to be honest, but in this world where the truth is so often twisted into deceptive shapes to push some corrupt agenda rather than being plain and precious, encouraging us to do good and rejoice in truth.
To be able to love one another in truth and goodness, we need some extra dedication and fervency so that we can overcome the twisty deceptions and half-truths all around us, and see each other as brothers and sisters and worthy of love and filled with the potential for good.
God is light, love, and truth, and through him we can banish darkness, hatred, and deception. Today, let us love each other fervently, and pray that God's light will help us see through the darkness and show the truth, and when we see it, let us cling to it and to God, through all the mists of darkness, as we gather in God's love.
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