Dear All of Us,
How do we react
when we are told
what to do -
commanded?
Probable it's a variant
of the First Couple's:
"NOPE!"
We just go ahead and
munch on the apple.
It might be overt.
It might be
passive /aggressive,
but operationally,
attitudinally, it's
"NOPE!"
We just don't like
to be told what to do.
So, here comes Jesus
telling us what to do,
commanding it:
"If you love me,
you will keep my
commandments."
John 14:13
Polite piety aside,
is Jesus
playing the heavy,
pulling rank,
being transactional?
We need to check this out
so we don't
check out on Jesus.
It's a stretch from today's
meaning of commandment
("I'm in charge. Get in line!")
to the deepest,
purest meaning
of commandment:
(L) com = with, together
(L) manus =hand
(L) dare= to give
com-man-dare
give our hands together
to
"Together, hand in hand"
WOW!!
What a check out!
Jesus inviting:
"If you really love me,
if we really are one,
if we're really in love,
we are walking life
together,
- hand in hand -
minefields, meadows,
smooth stretches,
rough rutted,
steep climbs,
deep down lows,
dead ends, detours,
familiar, frightening,
straight aways,
twisted windy,
elevated.
I only have one
way for us
to do life together,
to go together
hand in hand,
I only have one
commandment:
LOVE
It's who I am.
and how I am
and we can be.
It's our merger,
God
Neighbor
Self
That's our stride.
That's our energy.
That's our direction.
That's our destination.
We're gonna love,
love the socks off each other,
every person, place, thing
in every neighborhood,
in all Creation,
loving to be who we are.
HERE'S MY
HAND"
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Love to all,
God Bless,
John Frank
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