09 September 2016

Friday's Word

When you love others, you complete what the law has been after all along. The law code—don’t sleep with another person’s spouse, don’t take someone’s life, don’t take what isn’t yours, don’t always be wanting what you don’t have, and any other “don’t” you can think of—finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself. You can’t go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.

But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. The night is about over, dawn is about to break. Be up and awake to what God is doing!

~ Romans 13:8-11, The Message

2 comments:

OldAFSarge said...

I'm doing the Call to Worship at church this Sunday. Excellent passage, I think you've got me covered Rev!

Thanks!

Rev. Paul said...

I knew somebody needed this one, Sarge - glad it helped!