You Are No Longer Walking in Love

You Are No Longer Walking in Love

This expression can rightly be used every time about all those who have been filled with the love of God, whenever they say or do anything at all that is not in harmony with any of the divine characteristics of love.

If you are not longsuffering with everyone, you are no longer walking in love. Then it has grown cold. If you are unkind and unwilling to serve, then you are no longer walking in love. Then you can be sure that you are lukewarm. If you remember the evil others have done to you, then your love has grown cold; that is, it has disappeared.

If you do not hope all things and believe all things, you are no longer walking in love, because love always hopes it will be better with the ones with whom it is not going so well! And if you cannot bear them, as well as everything they say and do, it is obvious that you are no longer walking in the love of God, because love bears and endures everything and everyone.

If you do not requite evil with good, you are no longer walking in love, because love does that constantly. If you do not forgive every possible evil that is said about you or to you, and every evil thing that has been done to you, then you are far from walking in love because it is the very nature of love always to forgive all kinds of things without ceasing, without setting any limits—and with all of your heart—even when those who have sinned against you do not ask for forgiveness.

The spirit of reconciliation is always present and active in everyone who has this divine love living in his heart. The nature of love—its essence—includes that you always serve and give, always share with the others from all of your possessions, both earthly and spiritual. If you are not markedly generous, you are not walking in love even though you can speak and sing quite well! If you are not very active in serving others for their salvation and edification, you are definitely not walking in the love of Christ, even though you attend the meetings faithfully and are thankful for all the good things you hear there.

If you criticize or judge others, you have either never possessed the love of Christ in your inner being, or you did possess it and have lost it again. The person who criticizes and judges others is evil. Love does not dwell in the bosom of an evil person.

Love covers a multitude of the sins that other people commit. If you, instead of covering them, speak about them, the reason is that you do not possess the love of God in your heart; you do not even possess human love.

This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments—that is, all the commandments. In other words, you do not do anything that is in disharmony with the nature of divine love.

It is therefore of the utmost importance to be constantly filled with this glorious, extremely useful power that is able to accomplish far more than you can imagine.

How wise it is to do everything you can in order to be filled with love.