Love a Splendid Thing
Love is a many splendor thing. Jesus knew that, and said so long before our poets and songwriters put pen to paper.
According to Scripture God is love. He is also Holy. We are created by God for the express purpose of having fellowship with Him, so, logically, we also need to be holy and loving. However, our relationship with God has been severed because of sin, that begets the distress of our existence. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life has grown a society that is hate filled and rebellious.
The flesh fights against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh. A holy and loving heart, mind, and spirit will not come naturally. These things must be cultivated, worked at, hungered for. The good news is we can now boldly approach the thrown room of a loving and holy God because of a conquering hero name Christ.
The horror and madness we witness on the evening news is the outward manifestation of inner turmoil; a war that’s being waged in the hearts of men. Christ teaches us to love our enemies. Not only with an absence of malice, but with proactive good will.
The United States was victorious in two World Wars. Single-handedly victorious according to our pride filled minds; so we learned how to be cocky. Odd, how we find the money to fight wars, but are never able to find enough to make a serious attack on world wide famine and disease.
Albert Einstein once said, “I don’t know what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” The only hope we have in this life, and the next, is the blood of Christ. Love.