A Love Issue

This whole existence of life is all about a love issue. Look at the characters in the Bible..and what characters they were. They were liars, thieves, crooks, deceivers...and yet they were simply the ones God used to impact the world.

A love issue: This whole thing started out from the base of love. Creation came from Love. We see throughout the story that Love is the underlying focus. The Garden of Eden was a place of delight... of Love..of relationship. The fall of man caused a major gap in thinking. It caused us to walk away from our True Love. Then we strived to return to what we were familiar with. We were like little children trying to get the attention of their father. We jump around, scream, hollar, throw a temper tantrum... we laugh, crack jokes...all for one simple glance from our Creator.

The reality is that we have a restored relationship with our Father. We already have His attention. Christianity is not based on competitions, games, and such. It is simply based on Love. No longer do I strive for His Attention.

Many times we are like the son, who when his prodigal brother returns home, get upset when the Father throws a party for him in honor of his return. What the son didn't realize then was that all that his Father had was his. The son had a love issue.

We're just like him. We get caught up in the politics of life that we forget that we don't need to strive any longer. The price has been paid.

So this is what I know today:
- I am a son who has the attention and heart of God at my disposal and am walking in the sonship that has been given to me by God. He loves me. There is no doubt about that. I am forever in the care of His Watchful eye.

Love is not based on outward things...what we think others should do, what they should say, what they should think. Love is based on inward things. Love is spiritual and when love is spiritual it will have an outward effect on every aspect of our lives. However we must realize first and foremost that Love is spiritual. Love is Spirit. We are spirit. We were created to love. We were created to be like our Creator.

If we were truly filled with the Love of God that He gives us abundantly, we would have no problem with what others truly thought of us because Love overlooks and covers. Love should become our covering. Love should be our canopy. Love heals the broken. Love takes care of one another...not just in word but in deed. Love is our strength. Love is what gets us through the valley of the shadow of death. Love is what should define us. When people look up the word love in the dictionary, people should see our picture along side of the picture of God.

Love is the root to all life. It is what hinges this whole thing together. We will all have our own way of thinking...this isn't to say we will all look alike, sound alike, but the underlying thing will remain...love exists. People should be able to look at us and KNOW that love truly does exist.

That's what it means when you read: They will know we are Christians by our love for one another.