Luther, in his commentary on Galatians 5:13-15 may help with grieving and love. Luther says: “But if one must concede absolutely that love of oneself is ranked first here, I at least shall ascend to a higher level and say that love of this kind is always wrong so long as it is in itself, and that it is not good unless it is outside itself in God; that is, that with my affection for myself and my love of myself completely dead, I look for nothing but that God's completely undefiled will be done in me.” Love, in other words, always has a place to go, namely, what is taught; love of God and love of neighbor never within self. Love, dear Christians, always has a place to go.
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