​An Enigma

Love is a fascinating thing, isn’t it? We have no idea from where it comes and no idea where it goes, but we all agree that to be twitterpated is to find Nirvana. It’s something that we human beings need to exist. Like breath to the lungs, is love to the heart and soul.

I have been privileged to travel the world over my 64 years, and I have noted that there are a few constants that circle the globe. The sky is blue, rain is wet, grass is green, sunsets and sunrises will take your breath wherever you might be, and people are in love. Whether you are in Times Square or Red Square or Tiananmen Square; you will find couples, men and women, old and young alike, strolling side by side with their hands entwined and their hearts strangely coupled.

Those yet to be blessed with this gift will tell you that love is chemically no different than binging on Hershey bars, but love is more than that. Love is not just a heart thing. True love, God made love, is a soul thing. It is a spiritual thing, and done right, it is a forever thing.

I started writing this thing because this is February, and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. I always struggle when I know that I need to write about a particular thing. Yes, that’s childish, rebellious, and just a little foolish, all of which describe my psyche fairly well. With that being said, in my life I have been blessed with love. I have been blessed with loving and with being loved, and Lord have mercy, I don’t believe that God has given the human race a greater gift than that. Love sustains us, it strengthens us, it separates us from the beasts, and it is good.

Love is from God, and in turn, love is an enigma. Love is the thing that all men want to find, but love is elusive and just a little cagey. Love is indefinable; it’s intangible. You can’t comprehend it nor can you lay hold of it. Oh, you can lay hold of your loved one and be delighted, but you can’t hold love.  You can’t find love, it must find you. You can’t create it, or unearth it, because love is otherworldly. It comes from beyond our realm. It enters our hearts through paths unseen.

It is my nature to question things, and my inclination was to discuss how we as human beings rely on lesser loves, often to the detriment of true Godly love. These loves in which we traffic are a shadow of the real thing; a mere counterfeit of the true love of God for mankind, but not today. Today I simply want to thank God for the gifts He gives us and the greatest of these gifts is His love for us, and as an extension, the love He gives us towards one another. To that end I want to say thank you to my God above and say a prayer for those who have yet to be blessed with His love.

​My prayer is that they will offer their hearts to the Lord fully and completely, so that He might fill them to overflowing with His perfect love, and their lives might be complete.
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Love,
Pastor Tony

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