“Sorry to do this without warning, but could you please address our group and talk about what you do?” My wife smiles and responds, “Of course. It is easy to talk about things that you are passionate about.” I personally love it when I hear her say that. In fact, I believe that this statement, in and of itself, gains people’s attention before another word is said.

Many people think to themselves, “I am not the passionate type.” Do you, specifically you, move to the edge of your seat when you start talking about any of the following; politics, food, sports, abortion, religion, fashion, guns, cooking, your children, cops, vacation, sexual preference, equality, a video game, work, racial divide, a TV series……. The list is endless and I guarantee you that YOU can pick at least ONE issue and get passionate when talking about it. Therefore there are two conclusions;

1. Every individual is passionate about something
2. We are passionate about what we LOVE

In a church setting we can talk about God unceasingly, but we cease talking about our faith in ‘mixed company’. This is not a slam people, rather simply investigating a symptom that we are all very aware of. The humble answer that can be derived is;

We know a lot about God in our minds, but we do not love Him in our hearts. Please don’t be offended, again not a slam, rather looking for a remedy.

“This is a crime of passion”, is a phrase we hear. You NEVER hear, “this is a crime of knowledge.” Let our crime be to be passionate about God. I believe the remedy has been in front of us for thousands and thousands of years, but we just have not placed the emPHAsis on the right sylLABle. For if we have, then why are the majority of Christians uneasy talking about God in mixed company, why are the statistics about Christianity as a whole are dwindling and dwindling badly? Why?

The answer to falling in love with God, in my humble opinion, is simple.  Use the Bible and emphasize how God is showing us HIS LOVE is endless and unconditional, through the multitude of incidents and stories in the Bible. We have used a flash light to spot sin and the ramifications of sin, and the wiping thereof, as the light that may lead us to understand and know God. It is time to turn on the STADIUM LIGHTS and be overwhelmed and flooded by HIS LOVE that is all over from the beginning of time through today, for it is here, right here in front of our eyes, just not emphasized.

For if LOVE is the message spoken by all denominations then we will have soooooooooo much more in common.  So it is time to ask the same questions I ask each time and urge you to start asking at your church;

Did God intend to have so many divisions within His church/ Is God’s LOVE for man means to fight over what Jesus said or meant/ Is God looking at us delighted about our divisions or sad? Simple questions begging a simple answer, and that answer is; we have created the divisions and we can undo them and reunite. It is possible not impossible. Why? Because it is indeed God’s plan for us to be united in Him. ALL united in Him. Till next week 🙂