Endurance and perseverance are at the heart of character. Suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us–they help us learn to be...
We love because God first loved us. If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen. The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also....