And not your bells and whistles lowercase 'l' love. I'm talking about LOVE, with a capital 'L'. Of the Agape variety - the selfless kind, passionately committed to the well-being of others as described in Corinthians: "patient, kind, doesn't envy or boast, isn't proud or rude or self-seeking, isn't easily angered, keeps no record of wrong...doesn't delight in evil but rejoices in the truth. Always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres". The kind that never fails.
And I've been asking myself, what does that look like today? Does that kind of love exist in the world today?
When I think about my life and what kind of a legacy I want to leave behind... for me, as a Christian, it boils down to Ephesians 5:2 "live a life of love".
If nothing else, I want to be remembered as someone who loved. In the biblical sense. In the selfless sense. Because, at the end of the day, I believe that while we have each been created with a divine appointment, we all share a common purpose - to love.
I came across a quotation by St. Augustine that attempts to answer the question What does love look like? His response: "It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like."
I came across a quotation by St. Augustine that attempts to answer the question What does love look like? His response: "It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like."
My prayer today, tonight, and tomorrow? That my life will be a testimony to that image of love.
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