I Try!

Do you love Jesus? No, Really! Do you love Jesus? He said, "If you love me, obey my commandments." John 14:15. Now I will say it again, do you love Jesus?
This is hard isn't it? I love Jesus, but I will be the first to admit I don't fully obey all of his commandments all the time. But I do try. I try to obey his commandments. I try to love my neighbors as myself. I try to forgive every sin done against me. I try to keep the words coming from my mouth always holy. I TRY! But I need to do more than just try.
I need to always love as Christ first loved me. "So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other." John 13:34. For all of his commandments and all of his ways fall under this one command. When we are loving as He has loved then and only then are we proving our love for Him.
Its like a continuous cycle. God loved the world so much that He gave us His only Son. (John 3:16) Jesus died on the cross for our sins out of His love for us and His obedience to His Father. We must now die to ourselves and show that same unselfish love to the world to show our love for Jesus. Then in that love God will love us and Jesus will love us, and He will once again show himself to us. And then the cycle continues.
So, do you love Jesus? Then obey His commands! "Those who obey my commandments are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them, and I will love them. And I will reveal myself to each one of them." John 15:21.