The Greatest Commandment

This is my last post for a while. I'm sad. So knowing this is my last chance to talk to you through this, I've been trying to think if I could give you anything of substance. I'd planned on talking about Leanne and Louis, but in all my excitement of the last post I told their story.

So if I could write a fortune cookie for you, I would tell you to LOVE. Love. And not the o, ain't that cute kind of love. I'm talking about the full on, there's no way you can misunderstand me because its written all over me kind of love. The kind of love that even when you botch things, get mad, win, lose, pout, or smile, its still there.

God has that kind of love for me. When I'm spittin' mad at Him for taking FOREVER to do things, when I giggle because I can feel Him smiling at me, when I'm so heartbroken it hurts to breathe, He's still right there, loving me.

Proverbs is my favorite book of the Bible. It just calms my soul to have His words pour into my heart. A lot of the book is about wisdom, but love is mentioned as well. In Proverbs 27:5 it says, "Better is open rebuke than hidden love." Wow. Let that soak in for a sec. Hidden Love. I'd much rather you yell at me than never let me know I'm loved.

You are loved by this short Texan, and I hope you know it. Because you are. Physical contact makes me nauseous, but it doesn't mean I don't love you any less. I'm following my heart by loving you. Besides, God has told me the same thing He's told you. Love. It wasn't a suggestion. Or a polite it-would-be-cool-if-you-loved-others kind of thing. You and I are COMMANDED to love.

And don't just love the people that are easy to love. Love the quiet ones. The loud ones. The ones who are stressed out, and the ones who can take every punch life throws their way and still have a smile on their face. Love the ones who irritate you. Love the ones who you don't even know how God brought them into your life because you are so different. Love them.

Because when you love them, you're actually loving Him too.