Western Red Cedar, Olympia National Park, WA USA
The oneness of God is the oneness of perfect love. God desires us to join him in the oneness of love by emulating his compassion for others. “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him? Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.” (1 John 3: 16-18)