The Beatles had it about right with their song titled "Love is all you need". Ok, so ultimately we need Jesus but is said that He IS love. He is the prime example of love and sacrifice. He sacrificed His own life out of love. That is the most loving act possible. Now we also need faith to believe that. We need faith hope and love but the greatest among those is love. It's so cliche but really, if everyone loved each other we would all get along and our world as we know it would be a MUCH different place. Now I realize that there will always be hate in this world that is a far cry from perfect. However, I think Christians need to step it up in this love game. Actually that might be the issue, it's treated like a game. Christians should take it seriously and take action. We should make love an action, because it is a verb, not a feeling. We do get a feeling from love. We get different types of feelings from different types of love. Agape love a and phileo love are different and produce different feelings. I truly believe that if Christians would stop with the hate and pointing fingers and would focus time and energy on loving people then we could totally change the world. Let's start a love movement! Let's start a revolution. Love on people who openly do things you disagree with. Love on the ones who you think are below you. Love on the poor and the sick and the broken hearted. Love on those who dont seem needy at all, everyone is. Love on your friends and your family and your fellow church members. Love on strangers. Love on your enemies. Don't get me wrong here, I am NOT saying to tolerate sin. There is so much sin within the church and even our lives though, that we can not stand around pointing fingers and dropping hate.
“Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her"
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 ESV) love is where it's at. I am resolving I am resolving right now to love God and love people.
Lord Jesus please help me to love like you love. "Show me how to love the unloveable and show me how to reach the unreachable." Lord,God, give me your eyes. Break my heart for what breaks yours. Fill me with love. May it spill over in my life. Break down my pride and help me to love the ones that are hard to love. Abba, Father, papa give me Your love and may my life be pleasing to you. Amen.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. (1 Corinthians 13:4-6 ESV)
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That was amazing. ^_^ Ali! It's been WAY too long! I've missed you. *nods* This is Piano Queen from the OYAN forum, in case you're totally creeped out. ;)
ReplyDeleteHEY!!!! Thank you so much!!! It has been a long time. I guess I kinda disappeared off of OYAN. How are ya?
DeleteOh my gosh, totally forgot about this. XD Yes, I suppose you DID disappear off OYAN. I've been doing pretty well! :D Life is keeping me busy, and things have been insane, but I've been good.
ReplyDeleteYeah same here. I've been crazy busy with life. I'm going to a bible institute in South Carolina now. I love it there.
ReplyDeleteAh, sweet! Heeey, could I get your email, maybe, so we could correspond a little better?
ReplyDeleteYears later I see this... My email is allisilly92@aol.com if it's still of any interest to you:)
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