Benediction - Love Is Our Priority (based on 1 John 4:19-21)

When love is our priority, we open space in our lives for strangers to become friends and for superficial boundaries disappear. Then the sometimes dried-up streams of love that originate in our souls can become nourishing sources of life and grace.

In this week, may we honor God - who we readily say that we love - by loving ourselves and our neighbors, both of whom sometimes feel too difficult to fully love. 

God, keep yourself - in all the countless forms that you take - on our radar.  May love be our top priority; let it be the lens through which we see the world around us.