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Song of Solomon 8:6,7 (the message)

"Love is invincible facing danger and death ... Flood waters can't drown love, torrents of rain can't put it out."

Oh, Love. For years we've been trying to pin her down, trying to explain her in silly words and attempt to show people who she is with what we do. But she can't really be explained, and maybe if she ever truly were, the last love song would be written, love letters would be copied and pasted, and things would get pretty boring around here.

But how magnificent and deep the power of beautiful, sweet, heart-heartbreaking, unifying, separating, life altering... Love. She isn't someone to ever fully explain. Nor is the perfect and pure love of Jesus Christ toward us. His love is the greatest, and I mean greatest, force of life and light that has ever hit the universe. And this is how Jesus was the face of love toward humanity: He sacrificed some comforts to help people; He hung out with un-cool and bad people, influencing them to be better; He fed hungry people; He spent time with lonely people; He ate with His friends; He prayed for people who were sick and hurting; He was kind; He was patient; He was humble; He was sad when people were sad, and happy when people were happy; He laid down His life for His friends (and strangers).

There is no other thing as strong and mighty as love. The broken and messed up earth and humanity has done and continues to do everything to destroy Love's grip on this world, but rest-assured, Love continues to hold strong and mighty against the fight. Be someone who proves this reality of love to the community in which you live. Nothing will stop and destroy love. Love will not be flooded out, not be broken, not be quenched. Be the face of love.

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