To Love

I've been reading the book "Walking on Water" by Madeleine L'Engle lately and have really been enjoying her 'Reflections on Faith and Art' (subtitle). I wanted to share a quote from her book in the chapter called "Names and Labels:"

"To love anyone is to hope in him always. From the moment at which we begin to judge anyone, to limit our confidence in him, from the moment at which we identify [pigeon-hole] him, and so reduce him to that, we cease to love him, and he ceases to be able to become better. We must dare to love in a world that does not know how to love."

May we allow the love of Christ overflow so greatly from all that we do, say, and don't do and say, that everyone we come in contact w/ will feel this love and want to know the source of it. As Madeleine further states,

"We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want w/ all their hearts to know the source of it."

Don't you hate it when someone said first what you wanted to be quoted as saying?! Well, no harm done and I ain't got nothin' but love for ya Madeleine!

May everyone who reads this be encouraged and filled w/ the love of Christ and have a wonderful day!