We are created from God’s own essence. He divided Himself to make us. Why? Well the answer is pretty simple: So he would have someone to love. There isn’t any better example than that of having children of our own. Just as children enrich our lives and bring us joy and happiness, we enrich God and bring him joy.

When we consciously share our lives with family and friends and we include God in that, we are enriching our lives to the fullest. Life with God’s unconditional love is joyous. Love is the energy that runs through all sacred texts. Love is the goal of every soul, whether realized or not. That love comes from God and needs to include God. We should love God within ourselves. We should love God within others. We should love God in all we do: our work, our service, our family, our children, our church.

We cannot have joyous living without love.   I have always thought of the Holy Spirit as love, an energy by which all things are created. This energy of love flows from God to us. We charge it by our thoughts, feelings, spoken words and actions. Our charge can be positive or negative. This is the ‘Secret.’ To succeed in life we need to be careful of our thoughts, feelings and actions: to always keep them positive. The flow of this energy through us is what gives us life, joyous life. Love is the ultimate flow of God’s divine energy.

I picture this energy as a golden white light flowing into me from above, lighting every nuke and cranny of my being. I see radiant rays of light beaming from me touching all with the light of love, loving everything that is here in my world or comes into my world. I feel the warmth. I feel the joy. I can’t help but smile and feel joyous. In this way, everyday, I improved the joy and love in my life.

“The continual outpouring of a feeling of Peace and Divine Love to every person and everything unconditionally, no matter whether you think it be deserved or not, is the Magic Key that unlocks the door and releases instantly this tremendous ‘Inner God-Power.’ Fortunate indeed is he who has learned this ‘Law’ for he then seeks to BE all peace and Love. Without it humanity has nothing good, and with it they have all things ‘Perfect’.   Harmony is the Keynote, the “one Great Law of Life.’ Upon it rests all Perfect Manifestation and without it all form disintegrates and returns into the “Great Sea of Universal Light,” Unveiled Mysteries – Godfrey Ray King

We are much more loved than we realize. We have the love of our family and friends.   We also have God’s love. We have the angels’ love. We have the love of friends and family, loved ones who have passed on. We have the love of our spiritual masters Jesus, Buddha, Confucius, and others. We have the love of our spiritual leaders and other ministers in the Church of Interfaith Christians.

Love is the ultimate fulfillment and purpose of life. Love is the source of the greatest joy, bliss and ecstasy. Believing in the ‘power of love’ and using the ‘power of love’ raises us all. It raises the entire planet. Love is the opposite of fear. Fear is what causes negative emotions and feelings. Love rids us of fear. It is impossible to truly be free unless we can forgive, accept and love each other.   Love is crucial in our evolvement as spiritual beings. Love is the most joyful, positive, meaningful, and fulfilling action in life.

Beauty is a product of love. The beauty God has created on earth, and the beauty artists and musicians create is fueled by the fire and passion of love. God’s loving Spirit through our thoughts, feelings and actions manifests beauty for the enjoyment and fulfillment of our lives.

Remember the three fundamental principles for a ‘good life’ with God. Life cannot exist without God. Life is ultimately about love. That’s what we are talking about here today. It’s about God’s love for us and vice-versa and our love for each other (all God’s children) and our love for all that exists in our lives and on our planet. To be a part of such love and the goodness of God, we have to take on the responsibility of creating our lives (which will be the subject of the next message.)