It's All Love

Love is the core of the Christian life. The truth is that it's all love, from beginning to end, because God is love and love is the most excellent way of life.

Without love, we could not have anything in life that's worthwhile. Years ago, I spoke with a friend of mine who was dying. I asked her, "If you knew this was the last day of your life, what would you do?"

She said, "I'd sit on the couch and hug my two sons."

The cross of Jesus Christ represents love in its fullest expression. Its vertical beam points to the love God has for us and the love we have for Him. The horizontal beam speaks to us of the love we must have for one another.

Yes, it's all love, and the relationships in our lives are the most important part of our lives. Loving God, family, friends, neighbors, and even our enemies is what it's all about.

Here are some good quotes about love:

"Where there is love there is no sin."

"Love can hope where reason would despair" (George, Baron Lyttelton)

"How shall I do to love? Believe. How shall I do to believe? Love" (Robert Leighton).

"Love is the fulfilling of the law" (Romans 13:10).

"Love is strong as death" (Song of Solomon 8:6).

"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better" (William Shakespeare).

"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead, and the bridge is love" (Thornton Wilder).

Let us remember that love is the supreme commandment.