Nothing you do for Christ will matter if it is not done with love.
No good deed, no witness, no stand or stance taken, no discourse in apologetics, none of these will matter in the end, if they are not done with great love.
If we do deeds and speak words of kindness without love, if we do them to impress others or to "rack up points", or as a front....then they are hollow and meaningless in our Christian walk.
If we hold to stances, and debate on behalf of the Word, but do so without great love ....then we but argue for the sake of divisiveness, and our stances are no more than petty soap boxes.
If we witness to our faith, but do not do so with gentleness, respect and great love, then we do more damage than good.
If we have not love, then as Christians we have nothing. As Christ loves us, so we are to love.
In a world of angry, political and divisive pew sitting Pharisees, be more. Be the embrace and voice of love. Seek out the vulnerable and hurting. Cherish the "least of these." Forgive. Be kind, be generous. Not because "you have to" or to build up "brownie points" but because the people you come across are made in the image of God and worthy of love.
Be the hand that reaches out. Be the one who weeps with those who weep, and rejoices with the rejoicing.
Live in the abundant, overwhelming love of God...and then share that love with others.
Be blessed, my friends, and may you be a blessing unto others.
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