10-22-21

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHING
October 22, 2021
Does love exist apart from the entities that share and receive love? This was a strange thought I had as I was driving back to the church after a meeting yesterday. Some of you are probably thinking that Bruce must have been really bored. That’s probably true, but don’t we talk about love as a force, a power… as if it could stand alone? We speak of love being poured into someone, yet when water is poured into a glass, the water is something other than the pitcher or the glass. Of course, 1 John 4 suggests that God is love which implies no separation between love and God. In the end, I wonder if such questions are interesting for discussion purposes, but if we find ourselves too lost in the speculation, do we end up ignoring the real work of sharing love?

At the end of the day, I seek your assistance, Lord God, as I love friend, enemy and anyone else who has yet to receive a designation. Amen.

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