Love Clothing

"Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony." Colossians 3:14 NLT

This verse has always spoken to me. I have actually already written a blog post on this before. But the beautiful thing about the Word is that it is transcendently living and active. You can read it a million times, and each time the Lord will show you something new, something different, something that you need to know at that exact moment in time. Today, the Lord showed me a new picture. It's a woman who has many things up in the air. Children-talking, arguing, playing; a husband-busy with work, needing food and clean clothes; a to do list a mile long'; commitments to church, friends, family; bills to be paid, with just enough money to do that; home school books needing to be opened. She has her hands up in the air trying to hold them all, without being crushed. The look on her face says, "I don't think I can do this." But God comes along and clothes her with love, it's like a blanket that covers her head and body, bringing her arms down to cross her heart. His love is the covering that keeps it all together. It enables us to put our arms down and trust that He will keep everything from crushing us. He clothes us with love so we know how to love. He offers us this blanket of love, so we can share it with others who need it. But as the verse says, "clothe yourself with love" (emphasis mine). We have to chose to put it on. Not just once, but each day. Every morning, just like getting dressed, it has to be a choice to put love on. When you do, you spread it to those around you. Imagine a world where everyone loved, and felt loved. I just have to pause a second to dream about what a beautiful place that would be...
 That is what God wanted for us, we just got in His way. But we can be the change agent. We can be the ones that show others how to love. We have the perfect Father who taught us how. He loved us so much, He sent His son. Then, we can move towards being "(bound) together in perfect harmony." 
God is putting someone on your mind who needs love, and you are going to be the one who shows it to them. God sent you to this time and this place for a reason, fulfill the deeds He planned for you in advance and make someone happy :-)