Without love we are just noise!

Without love we are just noise!

Dear Holy Spirit, the very heart of God manifests Himself in the heart and minds of mere  mortals.  In His unity and Power we grow in the love of Jesus and the ultimate sacrifice that the Father freely gives to all who receive the salvation He offers. He is my teacher, my guide, my lifeline as I travel this road we call life.

Galatians 5:

6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. Love Fulfills the Law

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. 

John 11:35

35 Jesus wept.

“There is a sacredness in tears,” Washington Irving wrote. “They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief... and unspeakable love.”

This is the great irony.  And I can’t emphasize this enough: Our strength and resilience do not come from a show of force or bravado, but in the freedom to be tough enough to be soft. Because we are prophets—of steadfastness, justice, compassion and mercy and reconciliation—when we do not hide our woundedness.  When we find the wherewithal to stand in the middle of it all, even without words.  And let the healing begin there. Terry Hershey “SabbathMoments “

1 John

Part of the arrogance of human nature is to think that we know more than others do. In this letter, the apostle John addresses the problem of false teachers who were making lofty claims about their knowledge regarding the deity and nature of Christ. John counters their false claims by reminding his readers of the eyewitness accounts of the apostles, including himself. Jesus Christ came in human flesh, lived a human life, died, and then was raised from the dead. He was fully human and fully God. Anything else being taught by others was false. In this letter, John sounded the alarm: False teaching could not be tolerated. Falsehoods would lead to immorality, and immorality would lead to eternal death. In contrast, the truth would demonstrate itself in love, and love would lead to eternal life. For John, what one believed truly mattered.