Seriously, it's so simple. To say (as are most things with this religion, eh?). Everyone religion, cult, pop icon, random guy on the street has something to say about love:
"All you need is love" - the beatles
"In real Love, you want the other person's good. "- Margaret Andreson
"The only true gift is a portion of yourself" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
" The best and most beautiful thing of the world can't be seen or even touched. they must be felt with the heart" - Helen Keller
"There is no remedy for love but to love more" -Thoreau
but we all know my feelings on words: They are meaningless unless you back it up.
This Morning in Romans (one of my favorite books) I think Paul pretty much answers WHY everyone seems to be so obsessed with love. Pauls says that the answer lies in love. All those countless rules that God puts before us, that Jesus teaches us, all bottom line to the same message: If you can love one another like you would love yourself, All the silly rules fall into place. Those ten commandments, are redundant if he just started by saying "Love one another as I loved you" because, well can you imagine how the rest of that conversation might have gone
Moses: Ok God, rule one, Love each other the way you love your self... anything else?"
God: Yes, thou shalt not kill...
Moses: uhhh... God, I wouldn't kill me, and I certainly don't think anyone else would want to kill themselves, that seems a little silly... anything else..
God: um, yea, no stealing, or lying, or taking your neighbor's stuff
Moses: .... God, seriously, you crack me up, if I am loving my neighbors like myself, I most certainly am not going to be lying to them, killing them, or taking their stuff without asking.
God: well... then, no exceptions to the rule, just love each other.
Wow. Good work God. It seems so simple. the last part being the trickiest: NO EXCEPTIONS. that is where the teachings come in. Love everyone: even if they don't believe, are cranky, smell bad, speak funny, whatever.
All rules have exceptions... except this one. Love EVERYONE: no exceptions. :)
Good to be back. Live it and Love it. Captain Q, out
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