Social Justice and Evangelism 11 The End

I run by this pole just about every day. Most every day I am reminded of the primacy of love.

I have been resisting the idea of pitting evangelism against loving others. The word 'and' in the title is a key word.

I want to learn to love people in an exceptional way, one that goes beyond the love that is in my self-interest. This will mean intentionally correcting injustice and alleviating suffering when it is within my power. I want to learn to speak words of life and light. I want them to be the Father's words and not my words.

I want to do both. Neither are natural. Both will require divine resources. Both will require me to tap into those divine resources deep within my being, where the Spirit has chosen to set up residence. This is not an academic issue. Because of competing desires, this will require my effort. Not my earning, but my effort, which grace is not opposed. When I step out grace will be there.

I am in danger of doing neither or one without the other. Following His lead means learning to do both.