Scratch that. I'm not capable by myself of loving 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Don't kid yourself. If only....
If only I realized that love, true love, was more than 4 letters in a row then I would see how important it is to our society, no matter where you are.
Jesus fo' sho' was on that love tip. In Mark 2 there's a story of how He calls Levi to be his disciple in verses 13-17. Later, we find Him kickin' it with tax collectors (whom EVERYONE hated....and probably still do) and other not so fabulous or outcasts. The scribes and the other leaders in the temple were like "What is He doing? Does this Jesus character know that these guys are stealing, on the regular, from their neighbors? I mean, He can't possibly want them as friends!"
Since my friend is super intelligent, He turns to them and says, and I quote "Los sanos no necesitan médico, sino los enfermos. No he venido a llamar a justos, sino a pecadores." --¡Quema!-- Burn. He let them know that since it's the sick that need doctors, He's come to those who society rejects. The sinners.
He came for me.
And that, my dear friends is why love is so important in this world. The kind of love that calls you out of the corner to reveal how valuable you are. The kind of love that never stops giving, no matter how far away you've run and decide to back. The kind of love that is willing to take you back for the 100th time. Where do you find that kind of love? With none other than the one who brought it to this world: God. And all you have to do is tune into the Love Station: all love, 24/7.
Love crosses boundaries (invisible or visible) and opens doors. It melts hearts and puts them back together. The love I know forgives sins and lets me see another day when I am a rebel the night before.
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
I need to be on that love tip...
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