Love or Justice

Strong, Solid, Certain
You can lean against it,
You can lean into it,
Dependable, Reliable,
Predictable, Tangible,
Trustworthy, Honest,
You know its limits.

Unpredictable, Impulsive,
You can push it away,
It pushes you away,
Brittle, Wavering,
Fragile, Unfathomable,
Fluid, Selective,
Limitless.

You decide…

(What I'm listening to: Tell me by Bethany Dillon)

And He is love, whoever lives in love lives in God and God lives in him.

(1 John 4:16)

This is pretty crazy and I know that Christians always say that forgiveness for our sins and accepting Jesus in your heart are what make you a Christian. Ok, Maybe those things are important and I'm not saying that Jesus doesnt matter but if it's all boiled down I only leave myself with one word, Love. Creation is an overflowing of God's nature and 'He is love'. It's because He loved us so much that Jesus came to die, to bring us home to his love. It ultimately comes down to that one tiny word, Love.

People are either flipant with the word love and so it then seems to lose some of its meaning or they are so careful with its use that they are afraid to even think that they might love someone. It seems to me that God shows us his love so much, every day its like He's whispering it to us over and over. Through the wonder of creation, through the care of a stranger, in laughter with friends. Listen carefully and you'll hear the one behind it all, the one in who's hands the whole world rests. I love you, I love you, I love you...
But it never gets old, it seems as quickly as we hear it, we forget and so He has to tell us again.



I seem to have forgotten that 'He is Love', but even though I am still living a life that loves others, I am not living IN love. That in love has two facets, living in love with God, the one who made me and gave me all of the good things in my life and living in His love; remembering over again that He loves me completely and nothing I do changes that, taking a moment to listen and hear Him whispering. I love you, I love you, I love you....
Maybe it's time we stopped to listen again.



This verse also makes me think of those I know who dont believe in the concepts and defined bits of the Christian faith but who most certainly live in love. Everything they do for me and others is out of love. These words make me want to ring them up and say, "did you know that because you live in love, God lives in you; even though you don't know it?" Part of me wahts these people to change their minds and start believing in what it is that defines a Christian but I know that God lives in them and His timing is perfect, so why should I worry? He loves them and is whispering to them too. In their own time (or in God's time) when they are ready, they'll hear Him and it's not for me to try to turn up the volume of the whisper for God, He's got it all under control.



So the best thing for me to do is to live in love, with God, in His love. Acting it out in all I do and taking the time to be quiet, to be still, look around me and hear Him whispering over and over. My child, I love you, I love you, I love you.



I wrote this when I was at the mini Juiced Conference on the 22/12/08. I wrote it without really thinking about it, it just came out after reading the vers from 1 John. It does seem a little strange that I should write something like this especially after the past few years that I have had and my current confusions with faith and life etc. But as I did write it and it's not much good keeping it to myself especially in my current state of doubts, so I thought I would share it and see what others think. Maybe it's more for you who will read this than for me. I hope you will take some time to listen and think about that verse. Whether you can believe it or not, (or whether I can believe it too most of the time!) I do know that the whisper is there we just have to want to hear it.




(What am I listening to? :- Cathy Burton, God of the sky)