People part 3
When we take the time to pour ourselves into people, we affect, well, everything really. Because you never know what that person you just gave love to is going to do. Because love empowers us. The love of the Father always empowers the Son. When the Holy Spirit landed on Jesus when He came out of the waters of baptism, His Daddy told Him who He was. "You are my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased." And then He was tested by the devil in the wilderness, right? And He said, "...It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4). And the Word (love) that had just proceeded out of God's mouth was, "You are my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased"! (I don't mind repeating it over and over, because I believe people learn through repitition. In other words, I'll keep saying it until someone believes it.) And isn't it interesting that Jesus said we LIVE by the Word? Because to live is to love and to love is to live. If you don't love your brother you abide in death. We know that we have passed from death into life because we love each other. Not because we agree on all the issues. Not because we obey the letter of the law. "...for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life" (2 Corinthians 3:6). I'm telling you right now, it's all about love. Which means it's all about people. And, again, I'm not saying you can't--or shouldn't--love the earth. Logan LOVES nature. This is the planet we have, and we need to take care of it. I get that. Really. But what I'm talking about is the most important resource we have; each other. Sometimes I wonder how different things would be if we would stop fussing and fighting each other and work together. If we would stop stifling any spark of creativity we see because it's "different" or "weird." The meek will inherit the earth, but the creative will mold it and shape it. So, really, loving people IS loving the earth. Why do you think all of creation is groaning as it waits for the manifestation of the Son(s) of God? Because when we really begin to BE who we are--God's expression of love in this dimension--EVERYTHING will reveal itself in Divine Order. (I believe everything is already in Divine Order, but it takes the heart to experience it. The eyes of the heart to see it, the ears of the heart to hear it, the mind of Christ (or the heart) to process it.) And what does it mean to live from the inside-out? To live from the heart in every sense of the word? It means loving each other. Cherishing each other. Protecting each other and taking care of each other. But this is where it gets tricky. Because almost every "issue" puts some people on one side and some people on the other. People think they have to attack one group to protect another. I've never met people as ready to start a fight than "church folk." There's always a mountain to make out of a molehill. But I rarely see any turning of the other cheek. I rarely see an compassion, or any mercy, or any grace. We think it's more important to be "right" than to be "kind." But if I have to be right, that means you have to be wrong. I'd rather get along than win. Because I don't want you to feel like a loser. I don't want any condemnation. I want harmony, and unity, and love. One body working together to take care of itself (by taking care of each individual part, no matter how different that part is). We're all just people. And, believe it or not, we're all in this together!