(Yes, it’s hard)
Epiphany 7C | Luke 6:27-38
Love. It isn’t surprising to hear Jesus preach about love, is it? That’s his deal. That and coming back from the dead after three days. But he doesn’t preach on that until he’s got everybody’s attention.
It is only natural that we would hear about love today. That we would hear Jesus preach about love and we also get to preach love with word and deed ourselves. That is what this life is about, isn’t it? Loving and being loved. That’s the whole ballgame.
Love is our everything, but there are a lot of factors that go into living, aren’t there? Factors like eating things. And when I want to eat Taco Bell, I’ve only got one person in the family who will join me, willingly. And I like the thermostat a little higher than Rose does. But we manage. Isaiah and I get Taco Bell when she’s not around and we raise the thermostat to a whopping 68.
Love gets even more complicated when we walk out the door and I have to contend with the people who park in the wrong direction on the street. …
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