Definition of Love

Definition of Love


And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.
2 John 1:6 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION

I got it wrong again. I have had to adjust to things working in the other direction. I sort of have a dyslexic way of processing things. I sometimes write the letter B backwards or write a D when thinking of a B. Well, this dyslexic interpretation of things seems to have traveled to the way I live the faith. My mind makes me think that keeping the law is love.

I like keeping the protocol and rules. I like following each step, one at a time. I like the idea of checking each one off of my list and feeling a sense of accomplishment. I like to feel right with God because I keep the rules. And that is my dyslexic heart at work. I know I am living in reverse when I place protocol in front of someone’s need. I know I need adjustment when I refuse to forgive or when I forsake kindness for absolution. And after all of this, I suddenly see my spiritual bankruptcy, my inability to keep God’s laws. You may be able to do it, but I am seeing that I do not have what it takes to keep God’s commands.

The fact is that the only way to keep God’s commands successfully is to follow Jesus’ condensed form of the Big Ten: to Love God fully and love your neighbor. As Paul says, love really is the greatest command!