Agape

Testify To Love


All the colors of the rainbow
All the voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
that reaches out to find
where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation
Lives to testify

CHORUS:
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences
When words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the seas
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches
out to offer peace
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the hope in every heart
Will speak what love has done

This was the song written for the series Touched By an Angel. I haven't watched it, and probably do not have time to, but I find some of the lyrics very close to my heart. In one way, it reiterates what I have been learning in the John Piper series, that all creation points toward God and His great love for us.

I like the lines 'I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough'...it reminds me that we are representing Christ here on earth. Our every conduct is scrutinized by the world. We may say that we are Christians, but are we living as Christ lived? Words are not enough. Always.

Perhaps it can also be applied to the context of helping others. There are times when you cannot share the gospel. It is a mockery. When a person is dying of hunger you don't tell him that Jesus is the bread of life. You feed him, and only then can you can tell him that Jesus can satisfy his soul like the bread has satisfied his body.

I learned a new word! Volitional: a conscious choice or decision.

Love is volitional. Agape love is volitional, it is self-sacrificing, divine and unconditional. It is the sort of love we should be having.

I realize how wrong I have been. I have been moody lately, and I swing from being wildly happy to wildly unhappy. It requires discipline to master my moods and become a more steady person. Now is the time to build my character, and in a book I have been reading recently it says that habit is character. It's true. So all one has to do is to cultivate good habits, and good character will follow...

Application. Something I've been wondering about. It's all very easy to say we have to put God first in everything. But how do we apply it in our lives? I don't think I have been applying it in many aspects.

I wonder sometimes if I am a masochist. I seem to like to make myself suffer.