Three times Peter responds that he loves the Lord, just as before, he denied him thrice. Feed my lambs. If you love me, you will do this. Isn't Jesus saying to Peter, and to you and me that if we love him, it will show in how we conduct our lives. Last week I spoke about loving our neighbor and stated that loving a neighbor is not passive acceptance.
Love is an action word and it manifests itself in specific actions in our lives.
Loving God is not passive. It is active. You never know who you will sit by on a plane. The plane took off and the person next to me began to engage in conversation. I am always tempted to come up with some witty answer to that question, but I affirmed that I was indeed a Christian.