What does loving the Lord, with all our heart, soul, and mind entail? God’s love cannot be limited to an emotion or a feeling. It is an experience, that involves all our faculties, an experience that invades every thought, action, desire, and every part of who we are inside out. It is relatively straightforward to love Jesus through our words, praise, worship, and acts of service. We find it easier to love Him with our refined pieces. But we struggle to love Him with our broken parts, hidden pasts, and the pieces we are not so proud of. There are hurtful memories, shameful secrets, and ugly habits that we try to bury deep inside of us as we try to face the Lord with our best foot forward. But He wants all of who we are. Not just shiny pieces, but our whole being. So, maybe it is time we walked out to that valley of our regrets, hurt, resentment, shame, and guilt, and allow the Holy Spirit breathe into these so “that they may come to life”. Let Him love those dry bones first, so that we may in turn, transform every sinew of our heart and soul, and mind.

Prayer: Abba Father, pour out your spirit into the depths of my heart, soul, and mind. Then I can in turn, pour out love for others. Amen.