LOVE.. The most important

Wao! It feels great to be alive you know. I have come to understand that the best use of life is LOVE. It is what makes life interesting. It is what helps us maintain peace in life. Love should be your priority, objective and greatest ambition. Love is not a good part of your life; it is the most important part of life. Relationships must have priority in your life above everything else. Why? Life without love is worthless. This is the reason Paul declared that even with all his spiritual gifts and giving, without love he is nothing.

Often we act as if relationships are something to be squeezed into our schedule. We talk about finding time for our children or making time for people in our lives. That gives the impression that relationships are just a part of our lives along with many other tasks. But God says relationship is all about. Four to ten commandments deal with our relationship to God, while the rest deal with our relationship to people. But all ten are about relationships! Later Jesus summarized what matters most to God in two statement: love God and love people.

Relationships, not achievement of things or acquisition of objects are what matters in life. So why do we all allow our relationships to get the short end of the stick? Busyness is a great enemy of relationships. We become preoccupied with making money, doing our work, paying bills, doing church and accomplishing tasks as if these tasks are the point of life. They are not. The point of life is learning to love- God and people. Life minus love is zero.

Love leaves a legacy. How you treated people, the impact you made upon their life will last longer than anything else you think. This is why mother Theresa once said, ‘its not what you do, but how much love you put into what you do that matters’. Love is the secret of a lasting heritage. It will interest you to know that when life on earth is ending, people don’t surround themselves with objects. What we want around us is people-people we love and have relationships with. My friend, wisdom is learning the truth sooner rather than later. Learn this now please and make it part of your everyday life. Don’t wait until you are on death bed to realize this truth.

At this point, it would be important that I tell you that the importance of things can be measured by how much time we are willing to invest in them. The more time you give to something, the more you reveal its importance. If you want to know a persons priority, just look at how they use their time. Time is a very precious gift because you can make more money and buy more cars but you cant make more time. The essence of love is not what we provide or think or do, but how much we give of ourselves. Men often don’t understand this.

The most desired gift of love is not diamond, roses or chocolate. It is focused attention. Love concentrates so intently on another that you forget yourself at the moment. Whenever you give your time to a person, you are making a sacrifice, and sacrifice is the essence of love. However, you can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. This is why God gave Jesus, because he loved. The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time and the best time to love is now.

If you love your wife, give her more time. If you love your children, prove it. If you love your family, give them what they need, and if YOU LOVE GOD, GIVE HIM YOUR TIME. See you soon. Bye.