The Rhythm of Life: Beating the Drum of Love in Harmony

Without casting any dispersion on our beloved HTLC drummer, Wes Lambert, very often the loudest instruments in the band are the drums. The inspired drummer can sometimes get so into the music, the rhythm, the connection with the heartbeat of life, that he or she cannot help themselves.  In the spiritual journey, the drum beat that sets the rhythm and tone for life is Love.  Love is the background beat that drives the dance we call life. It is the driving force behind forgiveness, empathy, compassion and kindness.  You and I are called to love in remarkable and extraordinary ways.  In the book Paul wrote to the Colossians he beat the love drum hard and said, ABOVE ALL....clothe yourselves in love. Dress up with the divine gift that overcomes darkness, anger, hatred and apathy; LOVE.  Wear it on your head, your arms, your whole body until you can help yourself. Do this because it is how we are created to be. It BINDS US TOGETHER! It binds us together in HARMONY! Do it now! Do it now because I do not think the world is listening to the beat, the rhythmic beat of the drums of life, LOVE.  HARMONY, getting along with each other making the world better for every person, every creature, every plant and stone is the vision planted by Jesus, nurtured by the Holy Spirit and designed by God.

In junior high school, when I first started dating Andrea, my wife, my mom, trying to protect me, said something like, "In life you cannot live on love alone".  I understand the idea that you need other stuff, other plans, but...you cannot, should not, must not live without love.  Love not only binds us together but sustains, inspires and makes each moment sacred and holy.  A day without love is a day without purpose, a relationship without love is doomed to end in bitterness and sorrow, a world without love is like a song without the drum beat.  Embrace this greatest gift of all as Paul also writes,"The greatest of these (gifts) is love".  Beat the drum of love in your relationships, in your work, in your play.  Dance in harmony with one another as love brings us all together under the dome of our Creator. 



Along the way,

PN