Love; it's what makes the world go 'round

Amen.

If someone approached me with the question, "Anne, if there was one thing you could tell me about this world what would it be?" My answer would without a doubt be, "This world operates in love."

I strongly believe that love, or a motivation to receive love, is what makes this world the way it is. Everyone, even if they won't admit it, is searching for love in their own way. A prostitute on the street corner selling her body searches for love in the only way she knows how. A straight 'A' student looks for love and acceptance through his/her perfect grades in school. A middle aged business man spends hours working overtime in order to receive a promotion which proves he is worthy of love. Love is the reason that Britney is a drug addict and has two random children. It's the indirect root of Arnold Schwartzenegger's massive muscles. Whether you're willing to admit it or not, love is the backbone of every action committed in this world.

As humans, we build barriers to love. At one time in our lives, every single one of us openly craved love and believed that that internal craving could and would be satisfied. Whether that faith was crushed through parents, a teenage relationship, or a situation beyond our control; I believe that each of us still harbours that craving deep inside. Some of us try and satisfy that craving through possessions, others through physical relationships, and others through chemical substances. Some of us choose to become 'do gooders' and 'perfectionists' in order to recieve momentary satisfaction of that craving through other's respect for our accomplishments. Still others of us become bitter and resentful, proclaiming out-loud that love is merely another decision to be made in life; like choosing between two different coloured shirts. But I bet you anything, if you stripped away the barriers to and against love that we all uniquely possess, each person's soul remains the same...holey.

That hole, that one space that we as humans try so hard to fill with random crap was placed in our hearts for a reason. That inner void is not merely a species specific defect. I don't believe that God is up in the Heavens laughing at the chaos and mayhem he created in this world by leaving a void in our soul. I believe that the gap so prominent in our hearts was placed there by God for a very important reason; so that he could fill it. He created us with a puzzle piece missing that only He would fit.

I believe that too often, we as Christians are caught up in trying to be perfect. 'Show your faith through your actions' is too often equivalent in our minds with perfection. We are so focused on fixing our wrongs, overcoming our sins, that we forget about love. We forget that the world doesn't need perfection, it doesn't need evangelists who proclaim the name of Christ through their perfect deeds. The world needs the same love that we, as Christians recieve through Jesus Christ. What is the perfect offering that we can give back to Jesus, our Saviour, the One who loved us more than His own life? To show that same love to others.