Loving Beyond Principle

I was going through some old files and found this-- written a few years ago now....I may have used it in a sermon... 

Filled with the many spirits that have gone before

and united with the One Spirit

whose Holy Nature

covers all in love

In life, they disagreed

they took votes

and squabbled over carpet colors

and building bonds

but now, united in God's Love

no room is left to disagree

for all the fissures and divisions

are filled in with love--

Love: the cement that binds

and fills the cracks

What if we lived that way here?

Whenever there is dissension or disagreement,

what if we chose love?

What if we chose the value of loving our neighbor

over the choice to see our outside differences?

What if love could fill all the cracks of our broken relationships?

What if we choose people over principles?

When I was young, I often said,

“It's the principle of it.”

Now, I want to say,

“It is for the sake of Christ

that I will love 'beyond principle'

I will love beyond reason.”

Holy God, Fill us

drench us in love