August 21: He that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as He is pure. 1 John 3:3

The hope mentioned is that we have been adopted as sons of God, with the promise that, if faithful, we shall be like him and see him as he is and share his glory. As our minds and hearts expand with this hope and we begin to measure its lengths and breadths, its heights and depths, it surely does set before us the Heavenly Father’s love and the Redeemer’s love in rainbow colors and we more and more love the Father and the Son because they first loved us. The divine form of love becomes more and more our ideal; and as we seek to reciprocate it and to copy it, the cleansing and purifying of our hearts follow. R2517