Bridges part 4
Love is what connects us. Love is the ONLY thing that CAN connect us in a true, pure, holy way. And in a world where it seems so easy to destroy things, to build walls, and condemn others... love is the only thing that builds relationships. Love is the foundation we build on, and love is the bridge that allows us to cross the gaps that seem to seperate us. Major on the majors and minor on the minors, right? Let love be the thing that's the most important, and everything else will fall into place. In fact, everything else will simply reveal itself to be in divine order. Because love IS the divine order, and Jesus already remade the world in His image. The consuming fire that is God already burned up everything else. When the light shines, we see things clearly. Not as we hope they are, but as they really are. Not as we try to make them, but as GOD already made them. The kingdoms of the world are become the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of heaven. The Kingdom of love! It's all about love. Love is the "debt" we owe to each other. And the only reason we can pay it is because we are connected to the source. Because the God who IS love first loved us. Love is the glue that holds us together. Even when we don't agree on everything. ESPECIALLY when we don't agree on everything. And I think that's key--we don't have to agree on everything. In fact, we don't have to agree on anything. My love for you really doesn't have anything to do with you. Now let me explain. What I means is: My love isn't DEPENDENT on you. It's not conditional. If you act a certain way (or DON'T act a certain way) it doesn't effect my love for you. Love remains. It covers the multitude of (all) sins. It takes condemnation completely out of the equation. When we're standing on the bridge of love all that stuff that we let get in the way is beneath us. It's under our feet. And it can't trip us up because it's WAY under our feet. A life of love is the ascended life. The abundant life. The eternal, everlasting, Resurrection Life! That's why the Holy Spirit is so important--He is our love receptor, He equips and empowers us to receive the love of God. And once we receive it, we can release it. We receive it BY releasing it. I think people are always looking for connection. Looking for a safe place where they won't be condemned, but where they'll be accepted. And that's what the bride does. It connects us. That's where the bridge leads: to the Kingdom. To safety. To righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. To the place where we know that we are loved, and then out of that love we CAN love. Lots of little things can seperate us. But only love can bring us together. Only love can make life worth living. Because to live is to love and to love is to live. Life IS love. Connection. Relationship. Not you vs me, but you AND me. We're in this together. And we're all different parts of the same body. Nobody hates their body but loves it and cherishes it. We don't need more walls. We need more bridges!