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Matthew 22: 37, 39.    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt LOVE the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind… And Thou shalt LOVE thy neighbour as thyself.
 
Oh Friends, it’s a bright, beautiful, sunny summer’s day outside! But unfortunately, in here, in my study, in my body and soul, my heart is sad and heavy. Why? Because our world is in such a terrible state. It’s decadent, destructive, depraved, degenerate, disobedient, depressed and deteriorating at an alarming rate. Check out all the areas of strife, violence, abuse and oppression, bodyguards shooting the ones they’re paid to protect, the recent senseless synchronized bombings in Mumbai, India, and the many others taking place every day. Sadly, those things are becoming a way of life now. All over the world, tension and anger are on the rise, a lot of it based on race and creed. Greed and corruption are now pandemic, with disease, hunger, poverty and all the other negative things coming to the fore, becoming more pronounced, while the few good things we have going are being cut out or shoved to the back of the bus. Ah Lord eh! Where’s the hope for us eh Friends? Yuh know, this morning about one o’clock, I was standing on my front porch, enjoying the peace and quiet of the early morning while reasoning with the Father. I obviously pleaded with Him for help – we need it badly, lots of it – and He’s the ONLY ONE who can provide the kind we need and the enormous quantity too. I then asked His opinion on why we’re so bent on self-destruction? And you wouldn’t believe His answer. It was simple and to the point: two words – ‘NO LOVE.’ Our bodies, hearts, souls and minds were devoid of the magnificent emotion of LOVE – NO LOVE for Him, and NO LOVE for each other. That brings to mind the B.J. Thomas song ‘No LOVE at all,’ where he claims that: ‘A little bit of LOVE is better than NO LOVE. Even a bad LOVE is better than NO LOVE. Even a sad LOVE is better than NO LOVE. AND ANY KIND OF LOVE IS BETTER THAN NO LOVE AT ALL.’  Some of us might disagree with those sentiments, but the truth is that wherever there’s LOVE, even the tiniest bit, life goes along much better. So if our world is devoid of LOVE, then we’re in fact very guilty of breaking the two great commandments laid out by Jesus in our Bit: ‘Thou shalt LOVE the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind… And thou shalt LOVE thy neighbour as thyself.’ Ah Friends, the NO LOVE theory might sound like too simple a reason for all the world’s woes, but if you ponder it seriously, you’ll realize that it’s the gospel truth. If we had more LOVE for God and our fellow man, we definitely wouldn’t be in such a sorry state. Our world would be filled with much more peace and calm and blessings galore. But no, in our foolish wisdom, the majority of us have chosen to align ourselves with the enemy, Lucifer, instead of with the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Alpha and Omega, the Creator of the universe and all therein. Where is the wisdom in that eh mih people, when all Lucifer stands for is negativity; death and destruction, which eventually leads to damnation, eternal separation from God? That’s undoubtedly the worst fate that can ever befall a human being and his spiritual self! Oh my brethren, I don’t know what to say nuh. We have the awesome example of the Israelites, in living, blazing colour in the Good Book, where when they LOVED God and were obedient to Him, their society prospered, but when they got too big for their britches, they were destroyed, held captive, enslaved in foreign lands. However, whenever they woke up, came to their senses and returned to Him, He forgave them and they prospered once again. And this didn’t happen once or twice, but several times. And we’ve seen it happen in our society too. When we were God-fearing and kind to each other, a mere generation ago, our society prospered. But as soon as we felt we were in control and didn’t need God any longer, the disastrous downhill journey began, and it’s quickly picking up speed, like a snowball on its way to hell, as we roll down to our destruction. My people, please, I beg us, please, let’s learn from the example of the Israelites and our own recent foolishness. Let’s wake up before it’s too late and realize our serious mistake, then repent and turn back to God, so that our children can live and prosper. This is nothing I’m making up. We have it on good authority, the Lord’s promise, as stated by Moses in the Good Book. ‘And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous (abound) in every work of thine hand, and in the fruit of thy body (offspring), and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers.’ (Deut.30:8-9) Oh Friends, I implore us, please let wisdom reign in our souls, let’s return to serving the Most High God Jehovah, as our forefathers did. It’s the only hope for our children and our world. Much LOVE!…when stubborn, hard ears pickney doh hear…they always feel…hard and plenty…  P.S. Sorry this is so late, but some unforseen complications in my simple life, sprang up. (smile) Much LOVE!