An Open Letter to Society …

Dear Friends & Fellow Travelers on This Earth,

This is my promissory note, so to speak, to society at large per instructions in the holy writings of God. I owe you my love which means, as I understand the concept in God’s terms, that I owe you my life. This never-ending “debt” is owed to any and all whose lives intertwine and intersect with mine. Jesus calls you my neighbors. So even though we live in a hurried, hurtful and often harsh world, by the grace of God and the Word of God, I will with the measure of faith that God gives live the love he calls me to.

So to you, and before God, I commit these things.

I will not forget love. (Because if I forget love my voice will become only more noise in an already noisy world, my knowledge will speak to nothing meaningful and my sacrifice futility.)

I will remember love. I will be patient. I will be kind. I will not allow jealousy to poison my relationship with you. I will not hide my insecurities in bragging and boasting.

I will hate rudeness and embrace gentleness and respect for all. I will not be self-seeking. I will not be a petulant, demanding child. I will not be angry even when you are.

I will never keep a list of the mean things that you do. I will never take pleasure in wrongdoing. I will always rejoice when truth wins the day.

I will never give up. I will never stop believing. I will never stop hoping. I will endure.

I will remember love, and I will not fail because I have the promise of God.

Signed _____________________________________________________

Message Title: Owe Nothing but Love

Message Text: Romans 13:8-14

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