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Love Without Equal

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We may give our human loves the unconditional allegiance which we owe only to God. Then they become gods: then they become demons. Then they will destroy us, and also destroy themselves. For natural loves that are allowed to become gods do not remain loves. They are still called so, but can become in fact complicated forms of hatred. – C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

There is so much goodness in the love of another person. So much beauty and so much light! At times we think we have already caught a glimpse of eternity as we love another person wholeheartedly and without reserve.

But O, what pain when betrayal comes! What bitterness and anguish. How could the very person we loved break our hearts apart?

Have we not given it our all? Have we not excluded everybody else so we can give that person everything we ever had? Have we not emptied ourselves and looked to him or her as a god that must be served and adored?

Ah, but that is what we have forgotten. That though the love of another person is good, it can never equal the love of God. That no matter how beautiful it may be, it is still a love given to a fragile being, weak and vulnerable as we ourselves are.

It is always a blessing to love another. But let no blessing take you away from the One who loves you without measure, without equal, and without end.

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. – Deuteronomy 6:5, WEBBE

A Beauty That Never Fades

I have seen so much beauty in this life,
I have felt overflowing love,
I have been happy,
I have been filled with so much joy!

But O, I have also seen so much hatred
and violence and apathy,
I’ve felt so much sorrow
that almost drained my eyes of tears.

I have seen how something so beautiful
could suddenly be corrupted, twisted,
decayed and left to waste.
I have seen how something so wonderful
could suddenly end,
and how something so precious
could suddenly be taken away from you,
tearing both your heart and soul.

What is this life worth then?
What does it all mean?

Why must darkness spoil the light?
Why must love be filled with pain?

Is there a way to restore everything
back to wholeness?
Is there some chance that good
might not end in evil things?

Only God holds the key.
From everlasting to everlasting,
the One who changes not,
whose Light has never grown dim,
and whose beauty never fades,
He alone can save
and keep what’s good and beautiful and true.

Left to ourselves we grow weak.
We turn love to hatred,
we hold something beautiful
and it soon withers away and dies.

With God however, all things are kept,
cleansed and made whole.

Sorrow turns to joy,
Suffering turns to strength.

We approach in ignorance,
and we leave with wisdom;
We approach in fear,
and we leave with courage.

We live forever in LOVE!

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Christ In You

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“The event of falling in love is of such a nature that we are right to reject as intolerable the idea that it should be transitory… Spontaneously and without effort we have fulfilled the law (towards one person) by loving our neighbour as ourselves. It is an image, a foretaste, of what we must become to all if Love Himself rules in us without a rival.” – C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

The love of God can never separated from the love of other men because each of His children are called to be a reflection of Christ Himself. When we are able to truly love another, it is God also that we love.

We often complain that we do not see God, that we do not know how to love Him. He is there in our neighbor and our friends and our family. He is there among the sick, among the beggars, among those who walk in the darkness. We may not see clearly now, for Christ is hidden still in many. But one day we shall see when the fullness of light has dawned upon us all. In heaven we shall always see God because He is truly there wherever we may look. You will see Him in me, as I will see Him in you!

The chalice of benediction, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread, which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord? For we, being many, are one bread, one body, all that partake of one bread.– 1 Corinthians 10, WEB

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Shine Your Light

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You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. – Matthew 5, WEB

Darkness can never be extinguished by complaining about it or by saying how terrible it is indeed! It can never be conquered if we fear it or if we give in to despair. There is only one thing necessary. In order to overcome the darkness, we need to give out LIGHT. Courageous light. Joyful Light. Loving Light.

Your light must be greater than the darkness around you. Your beauty must be far more alluring than the deceiving attractions that lure the world away from the True Light.

And as the world makes its way further and further into violence, continue to sow peace. As the world grows in pride, seek out humility. As men grow in hate, grow more and more in Love.

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
-Prayer of Saint Francis

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The Silence of Love

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Why do you stand far off, LORD?
Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
-Psalm 13, WEBBE

There are times when all that we could hear is the silence of God. We want Him to tell us what to do. We need Him to answer the many questions we have. We desire to hear His voice of comfort, telling us we need not worry or fret. But all that we hear is His silence.

Why does He not speak? Why does He not tell us He is going to answer our prayer? Why does He seem so far away?

In times when we cannot hear, may we listen to faith, and may we hold on to hope.

God’s silence does not mean He does not love us. God’s silence does not mean He doesn’t care.

But His silence is love itself, wisdom itself. It is to work in us something that can only be accomplished without noise.

The sun rises each day without need of trumpet or sound, but it blesses the whole world as it makes the seeds grow and the flowers blossom, giving warmth and life to all.

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Love Waits

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Therefore the LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you… – Isaiah 30, WEBBE

Love waits. Love is willing to wait because true love can never be replaced. We can love others, it is true. But we can never love another in the same way that we have loved before.

In the same way, God waits for us, for our love. If human love can occupy the whole heart, how much more must the love of God? In God’s heart, there is a place which only you can fill, and He IS waiting for you there.

I WAIT

I wait for you, my love
I wait…
I will not open my heart
to another.

For who is there
who can ever be like you?
Who is there
that can ever take your place?

In my heart is a space
that is so sacred
and none can enter in
but you.

And I shall wait for you
though it takes forever,
though my heart bleeds
and my all consumed.

I wait because I love you
And love waits
for the only one
that it loves.

“I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever.” – Robert Browning