Living by loving!
Soul Snack 9/138 ... Living by Loving!
"As christians living in the spirit we are called to pass on the tenderness of God." Brennan Manning#
The absence of grace just will not suffice. The murmur of self-will is to be shouted down. The din of indulgence is to be turned off.
Jesus' commission to His committed is to a gentler way of life. It is a call to giving, prior to receiving and a step to living by loving.
In His no compromise faith, nails delivered His blood, and His blood flowed from His pain.
Impediments to His blood stained tenderness are not be kept. The call to reciprocate His kind magnifence is held in high suspension for all cross-gazers to see. His gentle grace is as speakable and do-able today as it was two millenia ago.
Contained within each one is the seed that the Spirit implants. It is to see well in another, do good by another and favour them above self. This is living by loving!
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." Jn 13:34
# 'The Wisdom of Tenderness' .B Manning - HarperCollins -San Francisco 2002