a path of life

"You show me the path of life.
in Your presence there is fullness of joy
in Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Psalm 16:11

Pathways, highways and byways. This month we're exploring a new path of life. It's based on the book, "3 Simple Rules, A Wesleyan Way of Living," by Bishop Reuben Job. The August sermon series at St. Luke's kinda hits you right between the eyes. The rules are as follows:

1. Do no harm
2. Do good
3. Stay in love with God

Easy enough...or is it? After the introduction of the sermon series yesterday, Afterglow, my small group was discussing this question. This seems like it should be a no-brainer, but why is it so hard to live out? The first two seem almost overlapping or intertwining. Isn't not harming another, doing good? And by doing good, aren't we choosing to not harm another?

And what we decided is that if we can stay IN LOVE with God the other two will come naturally. "In love" with God is not merely loving God. "In love" is more intimate, more personal...

The world is bigger than we are, but if we can handle all of the situations we encounter with unending love what a different place this world would be.