"In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.” St. John of the Cross.
We are told by Jesus there are two commandments above all others- to love God and to love our neighbors. (Matthew 22:37-40) All else is secondary. If we focus on loving God and loving those around us through the love of Christ, all else falls into place.
What belongs with love? Compassion, kindness, understanding, sympathy, gentleness, wisdom. Passion for the hurt, the broken, the outcast and the lost....that all springs forth from love.
Judgement, condemnation, self righteousness....those have no place in love and are not found within it.
We should engage in the actions that further love, and avoid the ones that dampen love. If we rest in love, we draw near to the heart of Christ-- and where better is there to be?
Be blessed friends, and be a blessing to someone else.
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