But, LOVE...

If LOVE makes the world go 'round, I can't help but wonder what the lack of it does.

The lack of LOVE ...

causes us to point fingers and spew criticisms;

causes us to back stab and gut punch;

causes us to halt change and hinder progress;

causes us to stall out and clam up;

causes us to divide and to separate;

causes us to blame and to shame;

causes us to ignore and reject;

causes us to die while we yet live.

But, LOVE ...

allows us to forgive and forget;

allows us to overlook and to understand;

allows us to stick and to stay;

allows us to help and to aid;

allows us to move and to shift;

prompts us to pray and to bless;

prompts us to rise and to try;

allows us to live life and do more than exist.

And, PERFECT LOVE...

caused a GOD who is Great and Gracious, Exalted and Excellent, High and Holy

to send His only SON who knew no sin,

to come and take on the weight of ours,

to shed His precious blood and sacrifice His life,

to defeat death and defy the grave,

to confiscate the keys and make intercessions,

to be our guide and our ultimate example of LOVE!!

"Hatred stirreth up strifes: but LOVE covereth all sins" (Prov. 10:12)