Law of Love

Romans 13:8-10

Owe no one anything except to love one another, 

for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 

9 For the commandments,

 “You shall not commit adultery,” 

“You shall not murder,”

 “You shall not steal,” [a]

“You shall not bear false witness,”

 “You shall not covet,” 

and if there is any other commandment, 

are all summe

d up in this saying, namely,

 “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 

10 Love does no harm to a neighbor;

 therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Romans 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God,

 but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

By the grace of God alone we are able to

keep love's law!

Love, sometimes sweet as chocolate-hearts...

But more often, a blood and tear stained cross...

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross...

The law of love

Amends the wrong

Befriends the poor

And suffers long

It bears all things

Defends the truth

Rebukes the sin

With kind reproof

It cautions thought

Soon turned to deed

And weighs quick want

With humble need

It tests the root

‘ere seeds are sown

For by the fruit

The tree is known

It does not boast

It is not proud

A gentle host

Not vain or loud

It does not start

Feuds and debates

But, with meek heart

It prays and waits

...and does not seek

What crowds applaud

But helps the weak

And honors God

Whose law is love

Whose love will be

The living proof

Of 'Christ in me'  

© Janet Martin

Gal.2:20

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live,

 but Christ lives in me. 

The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, 

who loved me and gave himself for me.