Romans 13

Although I really love Philippians and James chapter one, if I were ever stranded on the proverbial island with only one book of the Bible to read, I would have to say I would choose Romans. One of the gospels would be a tempting choice, but Romans just gives me so much to chew on with every  paragraph.

I mean this authority passage is a great one to teach to kids and teenagers. But when I see a police car in my rear view mirror, my heartbeat quickens and I instinctively hit the brake. I'm every bit as bad as kids can be.

But of course the big thing God is dealing with me over the past few weeks is in the second half. God's love. I can't get away from it. Not that I would try. I just mean, everywhere I turn God is waving His big untameable unlimited, unstoppable love right in my face. It started with a fresh look at 1 Corinthians 13 and now, every chapter I read us all about love.

Some of you know I am out of debt financially. And pretty often I get out of debt work-wise, like today when I caught up on all of my deadlines and got a day ahead. And the endless parade of DHS foster paperwork? I've finally completed all of that and we sign off on Wednesday. (woot!)

But love? I can't get away from it. That is the debt that I will owe with every breath I draw for the rest of eternity. It's odd too the urgency that Paul expresses about it all starting in verse 11. I just don't think I've ever felt that before recently. I've known about my debt to love but I've never felt an urgency to pay it. Over and over and over. But I'm just beginning to. And I am learning to live in love. And it's kind of weird, I'm not going to lie. But I can't wait to see how it all unfolds.