For Your Weekend: What It Means to Abide

Dig Deeper into Sunday’s Gospel: Read John 15:9–17

When I love someone, I go all in. I trust until a person gives me a reason not to. This has led me to some incredibly beautiful connections and friendships but also experiences of being taken advantage of and hurt. You can likely relate because real relationships can get messy. When they do, I am always comforted by Psalm 119:114, which reminds me that God is “my hiding place and my shield.” Hiding away in the shelter of Jesus reminds me of our ...