I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and found them to be false;
I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary.
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
Remember then from what you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
-- Revelation 2:2-5
We know that in everything God works for good with those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. --- Romans 8:28
Love Your Enemies
Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love you...

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"But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you." MATTHEW 5:44 Jesus emphasizes the importance of unco...
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You love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. Wisdom 11...
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The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist. -- Pope St. Greg...