All You Need Is Love

Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Matthew 22:37 NIV

So while I sit here blogging this, I should be packing. We are headed to a taekwondo tournament and I have a shot at winning grand champion in my division. But I sit here at my kitchen table with 2 cats circling me like vultures waiting for a kill because they want their snack. My hubby is cleaning the car. I'm sipping my coffee wondering how well I will perform when I haven't been able to train like I really should have.

And thats the context of this verse. I need to be packing, cleaning, feeding pets, washing dishes, stretching, training...whatever it is in a day that we need to do. That could be work, play, chores...you name it.

But what really matters at the end of the day? Is it how clean your house is? How full your checkbook is? How many accolades you got at work? No. It's love. It's how well you loved and how well were you loved in return. And where does love come from? God. He IS love. We are busy people but at the end of it all, there is only love. It starts and ends with God. He is the alpha and omega. He is love. Therefore it starts and ends with love. So this verse helps to remind us that we should love first and foremost. Everything else will work itself out in time. Even John Lennon widely proclaimed all you need is love.

So before I go pack and clean and calm the vultures, know that you are loved and return that love to its origin.