Love is all you need...

Romans 13: 8 Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. 9 For the commandments say, “You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not covet.” These—and other such commandments—are summed up in this one commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.
11 This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. 13 Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in quarreling and jealousy. 14 Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.

do you imagine... if we fulfill the one requirement of loving others as ourselves.. then we would basically be fulfilling all the commandments... so all of the sin we commit comes down to one thing.. we are our own god... the only one we really want to make happy is ourselves.. and we will do things on the side for others.. but only when it doesn't cost more than what we want to receive...

that is pretty big I am thinking... if I could get over myself.. I could be the woman God has called me to be... who would have thought that we are really the one that is causing all of our sin.. we try all the time to blame it on the enemy... and in fact.. it is really selfishness.... that is pretty terrible... I guess that is the whole reality of the die to self daily... learning to put others before ourselves... how strange we are taught from the time we are small that we can be anything we want.. we can have anything we want.. and all these things are contrary to the plan of God... we are supposed to be putting ourselves to the back burner and trying to help others first... or at least equally.... and we can't even accomplish that...

Father teach me to walk in your Love.. at all times.. so that I can be pleasing to you...