'Live a life of love' (2 Jn. 6). How wonderful it would be if we could catch and hold the spirit of new found love in our relationship with God. Think about how a young man feels when he realizes that the girl of his dreams really does love him. He is in a kind of ecstasy. He glides through the day in a trance, oblivious of his surroundings, his heart intent only on his love. For him all is right with the world. He sees everything and everyone in a new light. He is happy to be alive, grateful to have the sun rise on a new day. Other people appear more beautiful and loveable to him than ever before.

Of course not everyone can cause this reaction in him, only the girl whose return of love he ardently desires. He finds it almost incredible that this absolutely wonderful person actually loves him. He will do whatever she wants him to do.

No one is greater than God. No love is more desirable than His. If only we could appreciate fully that God loves us, our whole outlook on life would be transformed. We would be grateful for every day as another opportunity to return His love. We would see each other in a different light, and we could easily respond to the urging of St John's letter, "Let us love one another." We would want to do whatever God wants of us, and so we would readily accept St John's teaching that "this love involves our walking according to the commandments."