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Monday, January 11, 2010

Blog #5: Thoughts on love

Why does God make us to love? Because He loves?

Love is what encircles us, purifies us, prolongs us, warms us, generates, motivates, pulls, pushes, humbles, creates, rewards, takes care of, fills, and connects us all. Love unifies us. Love is the life blood of the universe. Faith, hope, strength, everything we've ever heard of or experienced is founded upon, or because of, love. It's what moves us. It's what illuminates us. And it is what makes the sun keep rising and setting. Without love, there is no such thing as freedom; there is no such thing as life.

Why does God make us to love? Because He is LOVE, and we are little pieces of His heart. There cannot abide a human being that was not formed out of love.

Love is tricky, but it is our sustainer, our savior, our redemption, our second chance. Because of love, we are what we are. And so, we are called to share love with each other. And since that seems to be the clay that made us, and the cord that connects us, love is something that is very EASY to share. Everyone gets it. It makes sense.

"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God"
1 John 4:7


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