WHAT"S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? EVERYTHING!

Love is a very powerful force of energy.  I fell in love once and there was a transformation in my soul.  I saw with new eyes, heard with new ears, and felt like I was on top of the world.  I wanted to be with that person all the time; my mind and heart were consumed with thoughts and feelings that made me bubble over with joy and happiness.  I looked at the world around me and saw that everything was wonderful; everything was good.  That relationship did not grow into what we had hoped for and as the years have passed even the memories of that person have faded.  But the intensity of how I felt during that time still intrigues me.  It causes me to believe that love is an intrinsic force woven into my very being.  I believe that I am created in the image of God and that image is Absolute Love.

Unfortunately, like most good things that God created, Absolute Love has been misinterpreted and tarnished.  It has been diminished and substituted with an artificial sloppy sentimentality, intertwined with sex, and relegated to the realm of preferential feelings.  When God is forsaken and taken out of the equation, Absolute Love is replaced by a cheap substitute that is unsustainable and unable to satisfy an intrinsic need woven into the very being of every human being.

Love is the key concept throughout the Scriptures.  Love is a very powerful force, the crucial motivation for all that IS and all that is done.  I believe God created everything out of love; he breathed life and love into everything he created.  Jesus condensed all of the commandments into loving God, loving myself, and loving others.  He teaches me to love my fellow believers, love my neighbors, and love my enemies.  No on is to be excluded from love for any reason.  This is an impossible task unless I am walking in the image that I was created in; the image of God, the life force and energy of Absolute Love.

John Lennon wrote, “Al you need is love”.  Well, that is part of the truth.  My walk as a believer and follower of Jesus at times requires discipline, correction, reproof, and adjustment.  Sometimes these don’t feel like love to me.  But, if done with the motivation of love they will not harm me, but rather they will transform me.  It is always God’s Absolute Love that draws me to repentance and reconciliation; that keeps me in his Presence, close to his heart and to his ways.

Forty years ago I fell in love for a second time.  There was a true transformation in my soul.  I see with new eyes, hear with new ears, and feel one with all creation.  I want to be in His Presence all the time; my mind and soul are consumed with thoughts and feelings for Him, that make me bubble over with joy and happiness.  I look around at the world He created and everything is wonderful; everything is good.

This relationship continues to grow into all I could ever hope for or dream of; all else fades in comparison.  This love satisfies me; this love sustains me.

This love is Absolute and this love is eternal.