What is love? Is it only for the young or reserved for the old? Is it real? Is it conditional? Is it honest? Is it a 9 year old boy in a rural village in Cambodia who was abandoned as a baby because he was not “normal” only to be taken in by another family, who now walks, communicates with basic sign language and grunts, and has more energy, compassion, and charm than anyone else in his village?
And what about living in it? The verb form. Putting love into action? Actually living in love…every moment of every day, regardless of who, what, or where. What is this? What does this look like? Is it rescuing a homeless cat and her kittens from an old barn and giving them a home? Is it a parent getting up in the middle of the night to comfort a child who is scared after a bad dream? Is it a child getting scratches from the thorns only to reach the perfect rose for his mom? Is it a woman dying of AIDS caring for another woman’s child who is also dying of AIDS?
Live in Love. Where did it start? 2 people brought together in a genuine friendship? A bookmark found in a pair of jeans in a department store? When Jesus died for us on the cross? The beginning is not important, the continuation is… the sharing it with as many people in as many places around the world.
And if you live in it, you will become it.
And what about living in it? The verb form. Putting love into action? Actually living in love…every moment of every day, regardless of who, what, or where. What is this? What does this look like? Is it rescuing a homeless cat and her kittens from an old barn and giving them a home? Is it a parent getting up in the middle of the night to comfort a child who is scared after a bad dream? Is it a child getting scratches from the thorns only to reach the perfect rose for his mom? Is it a woman dying of AIDS caring for another woman’s child who is also dying of AIDS?
Live in Love. Where did it start? 2 people brought together in a genuine friendship? A bookmark found in a pair of jeans in a department store? When Jesus died for us on the cross? The beginning is not important, the continuation is… the sharing it with as many people in as many places around the world.
And if you live in it, you will become it.
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