"The soul took most understanding in Love; yea, and He willeth that in all things we have our beholding and our enjoying in Love. And of this knowing are we most blind."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 73)
Sometimes it can be confusing to understand ourselves, our life or even God. The simplest and best, deepest and most profound way to understand is by simply looking at Love. God is Love. That is the easiest and deepest theology. God wants us to focus on His love, know His love, understand His love, and enjoy His love. Yet sometimes it is His love that we can be blind to. We may have theologies that talk about God's wrath, how He wants to punish us and even punished His own Son, theologies that say God sends sickness onto people, or that call terrible disasters "acts of God." In these ideas we can see a blindness to the truth that God is Love. Love doesn't have wrath but is instead gentle and open-hearted. Love doesn't punish but instead forgives. Love doesn't send bad things to people but instead heals and supports people in the worst times. We can simply ask "What would love do?" And then we can see how God truly is, for if it isn't love, it isn't God! Love does no harm. Love thinks of others first. Love is humble and vulnerable. Love cannot be offended. Love always forgives. Love never runs out. Love is stronger than anything. Love wins against all hatred and unlove. Love will never fail us. Love has no conditions. Love is the most beautiful thing in the universe. Love is God, God is Love! It's as simple as that!
"So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him."
1 John 4:16 (ESV)
A Prayer: Thank You for loving me! I love You, too!