"You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked." Revelation 3:17
Love never fails, but we humans can fail to love.
When love of money, power, country, religious beliefs, socioeconomic status, skin color, or any other thing we can think of is more important, valuable, or intrinsic to life than being kind, generous, and loving toward our fellow humans, we show a lack of realizing our own humanity and a lack of humility.
When greed drives our actions, our souls will suffer, individually and collectively... just as there will be suffering of those we feed off of for our gain.
Do not be fooled, although our bank accounts and lives may be full, greed eats away at our souls and ensures a shallowness of dignity, compassion, and mercy within. Those very things are replaced with pride, which merely fuels our desire to obtain more and more.
And along with our desires to obtain more, greed always begets more greed.
It's a vicious cycle. Personal, corporate, national blindness is the way we deal with the havoc we wreck on others.
If we allowed our eyes, souls, and our hearts to see the devestation that greed demands, in all likelihood, we would change our ways. However, we justify our greed and our subsequent actions to pave the way of requiring more things.
Yet, justifying atrocities for the sake of any type of gain reveals the depth of our depravity.
Our actions have revealed our hearts. Love is available, yet it must be chosen. What will I choose? What will you choose? What will we choose? We are all in this together.
As humans, we may have failed, but love always gives us an opportunity to live honestly and to love sincerely.
Love never fails.
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