love.

As I awake from the jet-lagged coma stemming from my experience in Turkey this past two weeks there seems to be one theme continuously running through my head, LOVE.  On the trip, we asked the question, “So What Changed Asia Minor?“  For me, the answer was that followers of Christ contended with a world who loved themselves by choosing to love others.  They did what Jesus asked them to do.  Hopefully we can all agree that love is not a feeling, but an action, a way of being and doing.  It matters how we live, it matters that we love.  Sadly, I have not chosen to love enough.  I have been selfish.  I have not contended enough.  Today, I vow to love more.

“Make me an instrument of your peace (shalom)
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is darkness, let me shine light

May your love cause us to open up, cause us to open up our hearts
May your light cause us to shine so bright that we bring hope into the dark

All that we do without love, it means nothing
Grant us the courage to give as you’re calling

Make me an instrument of your peace (shalom)
Where there is hatred let me sow love
Where there is darkness let me shine light

Hope for the hopeless, your love is
Strength in our weakness, your love is

May we love as you love”

-Song by the Brilliance, Open Up-