“The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is
for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions
just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat,
non-fat. So people who don't know what (sic) they're doing or who on earth they
are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely
defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino. ”
― Joe
Fox
in You’ve Got Mail
If
someone asked you to define yourself in just three words, what three would you
choose? What springs to your mind first – Physical attributes? Achievements?
Your occupation? Two thousand years ago Jesus challenged us to be known by a
single attribute – love.
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love
one another.
John 13:35
Love
isn’t just something you feel.
It
isn’t just something you are.
It
goes beyond an attribute to action. Love acts.
Love
is expressed in the words we say and the ones we wisely withhold. It is
demonstrated in unacknowledged kindness. Love is spoken more through our hands
and feet than it ever will be with our mouths. Like faith, love is dead without
action.
Like
me those you most love live with you. The month of love may soon draw to a close but my love doesn't have to. I've made a plan to continue to put my love into
action. I’m going to gather around the table and have
every family write down one word that describes every other person at the
table. After we describe each other with these uplifting words, I’m going to
ask each person to give me one thing I can do to make them feel more loved.
Then I’m going to set my love into motion by putting some feet to my words.
Do
you want love to be more than words in your life? Why not join me in this
challenge and live love this March?
