Loving Brings Knowledge

"Yes, thinking brings knowledge. But so too does love!" (p. 147, The Hope of Glory, Sam Storms)

Isn't that a remarkable statement?

Wisdom and knowledge through loving, not just books.

Knowledge from being and not just going to school.

Love today and see how much you learn!

Differences Between Love & Hate

"The major difference between hating and loving is perhaps whereas to love somebody is to be fulfilled and enriched by the experience, to hate somebody is to be diminished and drained by it. Lovers, by losing themselves in their loving, find themselves, become themselves. Haters simply lose themselves. Theirs is the ultimately consuming passion." (p. 123, Listening to Your Life, Frederick Buechner)

Later he says, "hate has its pleasures as well as love." (p. 128, ibid).

Which will you take pleasure in today?

We can be consumed by one or the other.

Which will consume you today?

"Love Will Keep Us Together"

Matt Maher sings, "Hold Us Together." Sing along..."It is the first day of the rest of your life..." and "it's all you need."

Even Enemies...

"Jesus turns man's morality on its head and essentially says, "In the kingdom of God we are to love our enemies as well as our neighbors." (p. 149, I Never Thought I'd See the Day!, Dr. David Jeremiah) He goes on to say, "When it comes to love, a truly moral and ethical person has no enemies." (ibid)

Good reminder, we are not only called to love our neighbors, and those we like or love, but even those we don't love, we don't like, and we don't even agree with.

How We're Created

Mother Teresa reminds us, "We all have been created in the image of God -to love and to be loved."

It's really that simple. You were created to love and be loved.

Don't make it complicated. Don't see it as difficult.

It's a simple task, if we chose to accept it.

If we do, it's the greatest joy there is.

Mission: LOVE

With a new release version of Mission Impossible, a preacher reminded me our mission is to LOVE. So, today your mission, should you decide to accept it is LOVE. It's our mission everyday. It's unchanging and new everyday. I hope you and I both accept our impossible mission which is only possible because He loves us and works in us.

First Things First

Mother Teresa also said: "If we really want to love, we must learn to forgive before anything else."

What a teacher. What a lesson.

To love, we must learn to forgive.

So, if you want to love, first learn to forgive.

That reminds me of Matthew 6:33 (my life verse), "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

We must learn to do first things first.