The Greatest Of These Is Love

I love justice. Those of you that truly know me are prolly echoing in agreement. You see, it is justice that drives the innermost passions of my soul. God speaks highly of righteous justice, and I believe his holy justice is so near to his heart. But it's not the bulls eye center. That belongs to Love. Justice is a whole lot easier for me to grasp, than its relative, love. I have only recently been learning about this love thing and all it entails. Love is the greatest, because it is God's essence. It is also the hardest, for this reason. It requires much more out of us...or, at least it does, me. Strength to forgive, like I've never known. Do you know how difficult it is to forgive, IN LOVE, someone who has betrayed you to your very core? I find that it's a daily process, wherein, one day it comes with ease, and the very next day it takes all that I have and more...it takes Jesus. The price is death. Death to ourselves...those human and sinful tendencies to protect yourself and preserve your heart from hurt. A call for total surrender of self, pride, control, safety as we know it...an action of serious humility. Love. Beckoning our hate to be laid at the feet of Jesus and be picked back up with its transformation to grace. I haven't been able to do this in my power...I think that's the point. We live this life with two options...to live it in our own power, while declaring Jesus but not actually fully opening the door to his redemptive work; or...we bust the door open, choosing, everyday, to welcome him in. Which of these two choices will result in true change? We desire this Love Movement to spread across the world. Let us be the first to respond, to ignite the movement within our own hearts. To choose Love, even when it hurts.