Living by Love
“...When we lose sight of God's divine will for the whole of creation we cease to live in wisdom and have no grasp of eternal truth. We need to be attuned to the promptings of grace whereby we can experience the communion of love. Wisdom allows us to let go of our subjective opinions and come together in unity and peace. The source of this unity and peace is the love of the Father for the Son in the Holy Spirit. This love comes down to us from the Son. It is creative love, through which we have our being. It is redemptive love, through which we have the forgiveness of our sins. As objects of God's love we become instruments of grace for a world grown old in sin.
Wisdom allows us to bring God's love to men and women whose hearts have grown hard and insensitive. While heaven and earth may pass away, God's love is everlasting and will never pass away. Those who are wise know the ways of love. Those who are wise know that living by love is a life-long task. It takes wisdom to know how to respond with love to all the circumstance of life. It takes vigilance. We must always be prepared to respond to love's call. There are risks involved. Our Christian vocation demands that we be willing to become child-like of heart. While watching the rain come down in buckets last week, I remembered how, as a child, I used to dance and play in the rain. Those rain-soaked memories filled my heart with joy and delight. This child-like delight allows us to cling to the hope that the Kingdom of God is erupting in our midst. Are we willing to abandon ourselves to the outpourings of God's love?”
~Jerome Machar
Wisdom allows us to bring God's love to men and women whose hearts have grown hard and insensitive. While heaven and earth may pass away, God's love is everlasting and will never pass away. Those who are wise know the ways of love. Those who are wise know that living by love is a life-long task. It takes wisdom to know how to respond with love to all the circumstance of life. It takes vigilance. We must always be prepared to respond to love's call. There are risks involved. Our Christian vocation demands that we be willing to become child-like of heart. While watching the rain come down in buckets last week, I remembered how, as a child, I used to dance and play in the rain. Those rain-soaked memories filled my heart with joy and delight. This child-like delight allows us to cling to the hope that the Kingdom of God is erupting in our midst. Are we willing to abandon ourselves to the outpourings of God's love?”
~Jerome Machar
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