Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrific…

William Barclay
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Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross. ✨ William Barclay (1956). The Gospel of John
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