Love is a battle... ready for it?

WORD 2day: Wednesday, 31st week in Ordinary time

November 8, 2023 - Romans 13: 8-10; Luke 14: 25-33

Love... it's a term that is by far the most spoken of, not merely from a Christian perspective but that of the whole reality today. But that is no statement that guarantees the right usage of the term, because more often than not it is misused and abused. A great percentage use it to mean a kind of feeling, a sentiment, an emotion that warms up one's heart.

But, is love all that? Yes, but not just that, isn't it? Love is very much, a decision, a choice, a commitment that would demand so much from me that, I would find myself in a battle. Yes, responding to the call to love, is like undertaking a whole expedition, against evil and hatred, for goodness and genuine fellowship. In a world torn my hatred and violence today, we are called to take sides? Whose side are we going to take? As followers of Christ, as child of the Loving God, the choice is categorical - we take the side of love! Love and love alone!

To accept to genuinely love, means being ready for any cost I would have to pay. After having launched myself into this battle, if I turn back and find myself wanting, I will be considered unfit for the Reign. On a daily basis let us hearken to this call to love...which insists that we take a commitment every day which could be dangerously demanding. Are we truly ready for it?