Where is the Love?

You know, we wonder why there isn't more love in the world. Right?

I mean, there are so many hurting people out there, and we as Christians talk about all day long about how we should go help them and stuff, 

but do we ever really?

Do we ever really give up our comfortable lives and just SERVE?

Do we ever really want to?

Now, I'm not saying you have to go and be like Ghandi, for instance.

He gave up everything to be poor and live like a peasant, in order to reach out to the hurting people around him.

But I'm not saying that is for everybody.

I do believe that God gave us what we have for a reason.

Not to squander it and continuously seek after more, 

but to be thankful for it and to put it to good use.

So WHY AREN'T WE?

I find myself so comfortable in the lifestyle that I am given that, although I constantly talk about helping others and serving the poor, I find myself maybe not wanting to.

Because it would mean giving up a piece of my comfort,

stepping out of my comfort zone,

and actually doing something for someone else for a change.

And it can be really scary.

But I think this world needs more of that.

It needs more love.

So, as Christians, and as a people as a whole, why do often find it hard to love others?

Well, I am not saying that I have all the answers or that I know why, 

but I can only speculate.

I think it is because we do not love OURSELVES enough.

I'm not saying that we have an issue with the way we look necessarily, although that could be one of the problems,

but really,

that we are not thankful enough for who WE are and what WE are given.

How can we love others unconditionally, when we can't even love ourselves?

I heard a sermon last night about Gratitude.

And the pastor said "Imagine Jesus as a waiter holding a giant pitcher of ice cold water. And we are all sitting in a restaurant, some of us maybe have had a hard time the last few years and our glass is only  half full or a quarter full, while others of us have had a pretty good time and have our glass 3 quarters full or more. And some of us, instead of being grateful for what we have, CONSTANTLY thirst for more. We aren't satisfied with what we have, no matter how much or how little it is, and we are always asking for more.

And Jesus is just telling us to WAIT. 

Just be patient. 

Be thankful with what you have now.

Be content and happy with the person that you are and the things that you have.

Because it is when you are truly thankful for what you have,

when He will come and fill your cup up with more.

He will bless you and your cup will "overfloweth"."

So stop WAITING for more.

Stop expecting your life will get better and waiting for it to change before you go do good unto others.

Do good unto others NOW.

Because it is when we are truly thankful for who we are, and what God has given us,

that we will find ourselves Wanting to love on others.

Wanting to give our lives in service to the Lord.

And love will come out of that.

Because...

Love begets love.

A wise man once said

"Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame."

That was King Solomon in case you were wondering.

Oh.

Did I mention he was the wisest man that ever live?

Literally.

Now chew on that....

Forever His,

Rachel