Thursday, November 11, 2010

to live is to love

to live is to love
you cannot live without loving

your actions are motivated by love
no matter who you are
no matter what you believe
your actions are motivated by love

you can use your words to convey a belief
but
your heart will always speak the truth

you can act to please those around you
but
eventually your heart will act to please your beliefs

your actions are motivated by love
but
we do not always love what is good

love of self
love of seeing others in pain
love of bringing others down
love of reputation

we always say love is good
but
only the love of God is good

no matter who you are
no matter what you believe
your actions ARE motivated by love
your heart can only act for so long

look at your heart
what does it love?

we are called to love our Lord,  our God with all that we are
with our heart, all of it
with our soul, every ounce
with our strength, every action

through our love we will obey
love drives our obidience
what we love we will obey

so do not obey God to get in His good graces
do no obey because "it's what good Christians do"
action cannot shape heart
heart must shape action

so love the good things
because what you love
you devote yourself to

you cannot truly devote yourself to God
until you have found yourself deeply
IN LOVE
with Love itself

God is love.