la la la LOVE...

There is an epidemic, a plague that has spreading with every passing minute.
It's with you when you wake up, it sits by you in the car and you watch it on TV.

We've forgotten what we were created for.
"the soul longs for passion, for freedom, for life" (wild at heart)

We are plagued by selfishness. We've become a selfish people.

Take a minute and ask yourself: When was the last time you show love to someone that wasn't illicited?

We have become a generation of people that go through each day focusing on our own tasks at hand, exchanging meaniful and intimate interactions for cheap counterfeits.

It is because of Love that we were created and given life. "For God so Loved the world..." (John 3:16)
It is in Love were created. "so God created man in His own image" (Gen 1:27)
                                          "...God is Love" (1John4:7)

Love is our foundation. The dust from which we were created.
"The stock from which the heart of a man is drawn. Strong, courageous Love" (wild at heart)

We were created to Love, but are not living as such, we aren't living to our FULL POTENTIAL.
In John Elderedge's book, Wild at Heart, Elderedge explains this concept perfectly: "if man does not find those things for which his heart is made, if he is never even invited to live for them from his deep heart, he will look for them in some other ways"

I don't want to mindlessly pass people anymore. I've begun to take inventory of my life and my relationships, and in this I have come to a question: how much am I LOVING those outside of my circle of friends & family? What kind of impact am I making?

"Such inconsistency exists between stated Christian vaules and actual Christian behaviors" (soul virgins)

If we are truly "...rooted and established in love" (Ephesians 3:17) then we should be the best tippers, the nicest people in the cashier line and the most understanding drivers during rush hour.

Let me say that this has been something that has been tearing away at my heart and caused me continually examine myself. (even though I consider myself to be kind and caring)

One last thought: are you preaching at someone or showing them Love?

(fyi: leaving a tract instead of a tip doesn't pay a waiter's cellphone bill)


Love could look like:
opening a door
leaving a great tip
talking to the cashier worker
baking cookies for the loud neighbors above you
paying for the order behind you in the drive-thru
taking care of physical needs, then worrying about heart needs.

I want to swim against the current of a selfish generation.

"the Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in love" (Psalm 103:8)

What the heck are YOU going to do today!