Silhouette of Love

Love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

Our hearts. 
What do we know about our hearts? We are complicated beings who can contemplate, muse, and make decisions that shift and change with the weather. Our emotions drive us much of the time. We hold a lot of power in our words and actions, and sometimes we say our heart isn't in it. What does that mean, exactly? Do we remove our heart for that moment?

Do we realize that we sometimes use words so frivolously and carelessly that it causes the word to become a more trite, superficial word. Love, for example, is not a surface level word, but it is so often used under conditions that do not really match the true meaning. The new shirt that we love so much won't return our love. We all do that but it is just an example of how we can water down true meanings of words.

There is an outline in all of us, with inclinations to love. A silhouette of love. That silhouette is going to reflect the thing that we worship, and we all worship something. That which is in our hearts will be showcased in how we live our lives. Our actions should reflect the beauty that is held deep inside; present there because of the deepest love we are recipients of.

Imagine how God must feel when He sees how we act. He gives us boundless and endless love, but do we return it well? Do we tell Him how much we appreciate His love and point our lives toward His grace? Do we share that love with others?

Love your neighbor as yourself.