True Love transforms, uproots and shatters the known (the past) –
paving the way for a blank canvass, a present written anew. Love produces the
impossible. Indeed only the power of Love can provide fertility for a rose to
grow through the crack of concrete. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. illustrates the
power of Love: “hatred paralyzes life; Love
releases it. hatred confuses life; Love harmonizes it. hatred darkens life;
Love illuminates it”.
Until our hearts, our
minds, our souls experience such a Love we will remain asleep, blinded and in
fear of the unknown. In such darkness, we utter ‘change is our enemy’; we
believe ‘we are all powerful’; we live only for today – ‘tomorrow is without a
future’; we consume ourselves ‘with ourselves’. In essence, we remain lifeless
like a valley of dry bones.
Meanwhile, Love awaits
our acceptance. Love exploding within longs for our embrace. True Love knows
the path that will bring us unspeakable joy; in fact, that path has already
been mapped. Only, we must receive it because True Love only extends the offer;
always an option but you must choose Love.
How many remain entangled
within? Strangled and corrupted by their deeply rooted notion: “I am
the master of my fate, I am the captain of soul” while unknowingly
dying a death of a thousand cuts. As we beat our chest claiming we are
the best! True Love cries out: Let go the reins; Allow me to reign;
and I will shower you with an everlasting rain – a rain pouring down, pounding
and thundering with relentless grace, mercy, hope and forgiveness.
You will know True Love
when you release the reins allowing your present known to be shattered,
uprooted and transformed.
I AM True Love, do you know
me?
Today, I want to give you a blank
canvass;
the path to a present anew.
Have you accepted me?
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Much Love,
Marcus J. Singleton
Lead Pastor
Living Faith Community
Hoover, AL
Our Vision: “A diverse community
of faith; inspired by the love of Jesus,
committed to becoming and making disciples”.
Thank you for this and all Faithful Fridays. Each one has been both inspiring and encouraging. Congratulations and best wishes with your new church. Continued Blessings to you and your family and the Living Faith Community.
ReplyDelete~ Lena