Fire When Ready!

Paul reminds us that there are spiritual gifts and that love is one of them. "Make love your aim" he said in I Cor. 14:1, "and earnestly desire the Spiritual gifts..."

How can we strive for love, when it is a gift? Can we set out on a day's journey to find it? Can we plan a program of activity whereby we can earn love? Is it a reward for good living?

If love is given, then perhaps some people are blessed with it, and others never receive it! If love is a gift...then will some divine Santa Claus bestow it upon me some day? How uninteresting!

Is not love a part of creation? We were made with it in side! Everyone has it...but many deny it! Some reject it...act as though it weren't so!

But for the person who aims his life at Christ, seeks to know the fullness of Christian grace and forgiveness, then love blossoms forth like the plum tree in Spring, like the ears of corn in Summer, and like the pears in the Fall.

"Make love your aim", Paul said. I say: "Good hunting! Take careful aim. Fire, when ready!"