I have mentioned this before but one of my favorite spiritual thinkers and authors is Thomas Merton. I was reading some of his work this morning and was overcome by this passage:
To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name.
If, therefore, I do anything or think anything or say anything or know anything that is not purely for the love of God, it cannot give me peace, or rest, or fulfillment, or joy.
To find love I must enter into the sanctuary where it is hidden, which is the mystery of God.
The book of Genesis tells us that we are all made in the image of God. But have you thought about the fact that because we are all created in God’s image, that we are created for the purpose of love? Love for God displayed in how we live, worship and relate to one another?
This short little passage dumbfounded me this morning. All of life can be boiled down to one word – love.
In this season of the year, (or any season for that matter), don’t let a day go by in which you do not live out the reason for your existence.
Love fully today!
Clay in the Hands 
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