September 15, 2019: More Than Words – Michael Hidalgo

John gets right to it: if we are to know love, then we need to live love. Words will not do. This is the most simple of all things and central to nearly all healthy religious teaching. Nearly everyone has figured out how to talk a good game – the right thing to say at the right time to the right person. However, no matter what we say, our lives and actions reveal what’s really there.

This is why John instructs his community to not to stop at just feeling something (like pity) or saying something (just words) but to move to action that puts love on display. And why does he say this? Because we witnessed love on display in Jesus, the Word, who is not found written or spoken, but in his wild love revealed in his action for us on the cross.