Love vs Hate
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver wrote,
“There is one other fundamental difference between love and hate. Love is always a refuge. Hate is never a refuge. Only a mentally sick person can find refuge in his hates. But love is the enduring sanctuary of life. Life may rob you of many things. It often does. But it can never bereave us of love itself. That remains.”
-Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, rabbinic leader, from a December 22, 1940, sermon.
As I look around the world I see a lot of hate. I see terrorist murdering innocent people. I see young people in gangs on the streets of our cities killing out of hate.
Hate has even entered the American presidential campaign. And it seems no one is standing up to it. Even those claiming to be born again Christians are not standing up forcefully and with conviction to the hateful comments.
We as a people no matter what our faith need to be calling out for love to be shown to all people.
The apostle Paul wrote what for me is the most definitive definition of love ever written when he wrote,
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:36-38
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:36-40.
Jesus was essentially restating what the book of Deuteronomy was saying,
“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:5-7.
Are you doing this. Be we Christians, Jews, Muslims or of any other faith no one can deny that Love is fundamental to a life itself.
As Rabbi Silver put it,
“Love is always a refuge. Hate is never a refuge. Only a mentally sick person can find refuge in his hates.”
Martin Luther King jr. said,
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
We as a society need to be impressing this on our children. We need to telling our leaders, religious and political that is time to stop spewing hate in any form and showing love to all people unconditionally.
Please think about it.
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver wrote,
“There is one other fundamental difference between love and hate. Love is always a refuge. Hate is never a refuge. Only a mentally sick person can find refuge in his hates. But love is the enduring sanctuary of life. Life may rob you of many things. It often does. But it can never bereave us of love itself. That remains.”
-Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, rabbinic leader, from a December 22, 1940, sermon.
As I look around the world I see a lot of hate. I see terrorist murdering innocent people. I see young people in gangs on the streets of our cities killing out of hate.
Hate has even entered the American presidential campaign. And it seems no one is standing up to it. Even those claiming to be born again Christians are not standing up forcefully and with conviction to the hateful comments.
We as a people no matter what our faith need to be calling out for love to be shown to all people.
The apostle Paul wrote what for me is the most definitive definition of love ever written when he wrote,
“Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails....
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a,13.
Jesus when asked,“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:36-38
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:36-40.
Jesus was essentially restating what the book of Deuteronomy was saying,
“Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.
Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:5-7.
Are you doing this. Be we Christians, Jews, Muslims or of any other faith no one can deny that Love is fundamental to a life itself.
As Rabbi Silver put it,
“Love is always a refuge. Hate is never a refuge. Only a mentally sick person can find refuge in his hates.”
Martin Luther King jr. said,
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
We as a society need to be impressing this on our children. We need to telling our leaders, religious and political that is time to stop spewing hate in any form and showing love to all people unconditionally.
Please think about it.
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