Live in Love

“Life is not a blame game. We are only fooling ourselves if we think that by pointing accusing fingers at others we can make the world a better place. Our words should be few and our actions great. Only in loving others can we hope to bring about the Kingdom of God in our time. To live in love is to give without limit and without expecting repayment. To live in love is to banish every fear, every doubt, and every sin. To live in love is to overcome evil with good and to see all things with the eyes of God. To live in love is to be a part of the solution and not of the problem. To live in love is to hear God communicating to us through our profoundest concerns and interests. To live in love is to see God's fingerprint on our skills and circumstances, recognizing our gifts and talents as clues to discovering God's plan for us.

The Quaker minister Parker Palmer wrote, ‘Vocation does not come from a voice ‘out there’ calling me to become something I am not. It comes from a voice ‘in here’ calling me to be the person I was born to be, to fulfill the original selfhood given me at birth by God.’ To live in love is to allow others to experience the presence of God through our actions. May we be faithful to our calling until that day when the Lord returns to take us into everlasting life.”
~Jerome Machar