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John 14:23, 27
Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and
my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.
… Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the
world gives.’
One word
There is only one word in your vocabulary, Holy One.
Love is the word, as Love is your nature, and we are to keep that word, the
word that you are.
A successful day is any day where love is known and
awakens the Love Who Is within us. All other days are lived far from the peace
you alone give.
Funny that I should use such a word, success. I don’t really like it, and it
is not typically considered a spiritual word. In fact, American visions of
success are often defined by pursuits that hinder the spiritual life, wealth,
fame, power, influence and status.
Jesus criticized making these things the focus of our
lives, telling us instead to seek the Kingdom of God and its righteousness. His
words and life define that righteousness.
He poured water in a pan and washed his friends’ feet,
an act of humble loving service. This is the word we are to keep.
Keeping that word, we find that there is a Love in us
we did not create but discover in our depths. This is the indwelling of God,
and it is this indwelling that moves us to love in the first place. But in
living this love we discover the Loving Mystery living in us.
It is a circle you can enter any point. You can
discover Love living within and then live that love, or you can give yourself
to this crazy world in acts of love and discover the Love Who Is was always
there, in you, waiting to be known and cherished.
And to know
you within, Holy One, to know the Love Who Is, is to enter the peace that Love
alone can give.
The day is still new. Sleep has not yet fallen from my
eyes. Coffee is yet required. But already I know you, and I know that I will enter
the land of your peace this day. For you speak the one word you are in every
love I meet and every love I feel.
Pr. David L. Miller
