Both Romans 8:31-39 and 1Corintians 13 talk of God's love for us. You know, I have been complaining for about 2 years now that I don't feel anyone loves me, and I'm already 30something. I see what they do for me and how they treat me; I can identify the markers of their "love". But for my whole life, except for those brief, halycon days with my first beloved, I felt nothing. And for the last two years, it has been torturous.
And for good reason! God was starving me in order to prepare me for the revelation, the feast of all feasts, and it is this: That nothing can separate us from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Now I know. I know that love is everything. Every psychologist's couch would be empty; the shopping malls would be sparsely populated; every book would be left unsold except the Bible and indeed remain dumb. My blog would also be obsolete. Love songs on the radio would be ignored, for "in vain the firstborn seraph tries to sound the depth of love divine." If it cannot do it, how much less the unsaved mortal? This is the secret: God loves you, unconditionally and for all eternity.
Knowledge would be deemed useless. Who needs to know more things where Love reigns? And you cannot separate Love from Jesus and the Father. The Devil doesn't want you to know this. The world does not want you to know this. All of Acadame doesn't want you to understand this, for its doors, its revenue, its plethora of vain publishings and research would disappear forever. Love triumphs over all.
Instead we'd walk purposefully to our neighbour's, our enemy's, our estranged relatives', our soup kitchens, our brethren to put our faith into practice. Societies would be changed. And despite worldly, demonic resistance, our hearts would be changed forever.
Let us then be faithful to the call of God's love. Let Him love you. Feel it. Cherish it. Praise Him who is the King of love who stoops to pick us up from our mire, who snatches us out of the fire of Hell.
