Together part 3
We're better together. Different pieces of the puzzle that make the whole picture. Look at Matthew 18:19 in the Message Bible, "When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action." To me that's powerful. To me that completely reinforces the idea of how its not good for man to be alone. It completely reinforces the idea of how a three-braided cord is near unbreakable (Me, you, and God. Three braids). So its not me trying to do it (whatever it is) on my own. Its not me trying to make something happen. Its US giving what WE'VE got to the Lord. Getting together and making a prayer of it. Letting the Word (Jesus, love) be a lamp unto OUR feet and a light unto OUR path. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. We're better together. We're all in this together. And that includes God. Do EVERYTHING you do with love. Because of love. For love. By love. Make a prayer of whatever you do. Do it heartily--to the best of your ability, and because its in your heart to do it. But don't do it alone. Love is about relationship. Connection. And, like the old saying says, "It taks two to tango." Love requires at least two people. Someone loving and someone being loved. That's why the God who is love created us--He wanted to express Himself. He wanted to express His love. But He needed someone to express Himself TO. That's where we came in. And in the same way, in order to truly experience this abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of Love that is the gift of God... we need each other. We can't love without someone TO love. There's a song lyric that says, "You are what you love, not who love you." Because we can't control how other people treat us. We can only control how we treat other people. And how you treat people says more about you than it does about them. Giving what you've got, rather than trying to get something you think you haven't got, is the key to life. Because love is giving. And to live is to love. To love is to live. I guess what I'm trying to say tonight is: There are three elements of "together." You. Me. God. And, of course, by "God," I mean LOVE. Love is what binds us and keeps us together. Love is what makes it all worth it. Love is when God gets involved, if I can say it that way. Love--or charity, love in action--is when God goes into action. I heard a preacher once say, "When you work, God will rest. But when you rest God will work." God shows up--and shows out--when we move in love. Because He IS love. When we get together and make a prayer of things... that's when things get real. That's when love lights things up and we can see clearly. That's when we can see that things ARE in Divine Order. We don't have to PUT things in Divine Order, we just need to love so that we can SEE things in Divine Order. The old song says, "It takes two, baby, me and you." But in this case... let's not forget God. Let's not forget love. He is the glue that helps us stick together. That binds us when everything and everyone else tries to tear us apart. Alone... we are ok. Sometimes. But together we are better. Always!