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What’s On Miles’ Mind? — “GOD IS LOVE”



You can buy all the chocolate and red roses you want, but “whoever does not love, does not know God, says the book of John, chapter 4, verse 8. Because it goes on to say, “GOD IS LOVE.”. Now, to be clear, the Apostle John did not write the part about the chocolate and roses, but he was clear on the matter of refusing or failing to love as evidence of not knowing God.

Skip ahead to the New Testament definitions of love that I mentioned in the previous essay where it says, “whoever does not love”, it means, whoever is not kind, whoever is not patient, whoever is not forgiving, etc. If that sounds like you, I’ve got some bad news for you. You may go to church every Sunday, or Saturday, depending on your denomination, sing solos in the choir, serve as a deacon, deaconess, usher, or preach from the pulpit, but if you do not Love (the verb, with a capital “L”) you most likely do not, cannot know God. Why? Because God Is LOVE!

By now, you’re wishing I hadn’t come out of writing retirement. You don’t want to hear this, do you? I don’t blame you, but here’s the problem… I’m so tired of smug, self-righteous, sanctimonious, holier-than-thou, hypocritical, “faithful” folks thinking it’s possible to turn love off and on, when and where it’s comfortable and convenient, that I can’t help writing about it, about you if the shoe fits. Or me for that matter.

You can’t be kind to some and nasty to others– that’s not God love. You can’t be patient with some and quick tempered with others. And “this is the big one ‘Lizabeth,” You can’t forgive some and hold years, decades, even lifetime grudges with others. That is not God love! Love keeps no record of wrongs, but for some reason you just can’t let it go. Love does not envy, but you hate when good comes to someone else, especially someone you don’t like. That’s not God love!

And, my friends, you can’t save love for Valentine’s Day. That’s right! You can’t be mean, selfish, insensitive, inconsiderate, and disrespectful all year long, then show up with candy and flowers and think that’s love. You can’t turn jewelry into love any more than you can turn water into wine. Mind you, that goes for men and women– alike. Some women will smile in your face while you’re sipping the very poison they poured.

Listen, no seriously, listen… hear that? God will meet you at a specific frequency and a particular time and alignment. To avoid arguing about the theology or hermeneutics of prayer, chanting and meditation, suffice it to say that any practical device by which your mind is quieted and cleared free of evil, in order to close the gap between you and that beautiful voice/sound of God, is enormously impactful on your life. It can, over time, alter your very existence. Just know that God is Love! Tune yourself! Adjust yourself to His frequency! You’re thinking too much! Feel it, whisper it, hear it, God is Love!

The further you remove yourself from dissonance and discord, confusion and toxicity, the closer you get to Harmony. Love and Loving ways make the journey, your journey, more beautiful, and that’s better than any candy and flowers!

 

That’s what’s on my mind!

 

Website: www.milesjaye.net

Email: milesjayeDA@gmail.com

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