The Heart.

It seems to me that the heart is the organ of love alone.
The heart is either whole (loving) or broken (stone).
Fear hardens the heart.

For some the wound is too deep.

What is a loss of faith but a heart that has been broken by the representatives of God, mistaking God's representatives for God's self (the Father).

Ask:  What experiences has this person had in their life to make them the way they are?
Did he received enough love as a child?
Has her trust been broken?

"'Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.'"  Mark 10:15 (NRSV)
i.e. what you were like before your heart was broken.

Lovers of humanity have whole hearts.
Those who hate or do evil have wounded or broken hearts.

God does not differentiate.
As a father will not.

"Love your neighbor because he is like you."  Mark 12:31.  Translation by Rabbi Melchior, Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne.
i.e. a product of his experiences.

So understand the other and heal his wounds (with love).

Lovers of humanity are those who have experienced love.
Those who hate are those who may not have experienced enough love.

"'Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.'"  Luke 6:27b,28 (NRSV)


(Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.)

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