Child...Love...

Child...

Children...

They have such beautiful, unbiased ways of looking at things. They are completely unhindered in creative thinking. They are free to believe! They are hope-bringers! They have faith that is unmoved in the fetters of the breaking and crashing waves of ours; our shifting sand. They're not seeking the esteem from others that their view is right, but rather, they are in search of being heard at all.

As I sit and observe words tossed back and forth between "friends" this week, via the wonderful world wide web, namely Facebook, I am blatantly sickened. There have been some of the most horrific, self-absorbed, hurtful points spoken. It's so deeply saddening. We are so bent on being right that we are callously blinded to the fact that in our words we murder, brutally, those we call "friends".

We all think we're right. We think we've got the ultimate truth, as if we can even begin to grasp His ways. I don't leave myself out of this equation. I am guilty. I get very hung up on being "right".

Then, across my screen came something so beautiful.

It was not a point of view.

It was not a set of religious beliefs.

It was the moral conviction to LOVE. To share love, spread love, give love and live love. And do you know who brainstormed the idea?

A child!

Simplicity, fragility, vulnerability and humility.

Love...

You know where I think that develops and Who places this capacity within the human heart. Please take note this is not a question, but a statement. In fact, I believe we all know. Deep down somewhere within the caverns of our human existence is the very proof of our being. We are made. This imply's we have a Maker. And, most importantly we were MADE with purpose, passion, and that is LOVE!

Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

I do believe we have been given a gift and from that gift we ought to desire, even thrive in, extending that gift one to another. Yet often, far too often, we are SEEKERS... we seek only affirmation, esteem, and glory rather than being EXTENDERS...offering humility, service, and giving grace and peace as the gifts they are.

John 13:34
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

My friend, may we share, give, and speak in love rather than in anger, pride, self-absorbed opinions and bitter thinking.


John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Come Lord Jesus, come! May your return be ever near, as our hearts grow faint within us, as we long for the time of Your return; it feels so long, oh Lord. Remind our spirits your promise and truth. Grant us peace and patience and hope and faith and LOVE!

2 Peter 3:8 and 9
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.