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

When love is our priority, we open space in our lives to experience wonder; strangers become friends and superficial boundaries disappear. The tame, sometimes dried-up streams of love that originate in our souls become overflowing, rushing torrents.

In this week, may we honor God - who we readily say that we love - by loving ourselves and our neighbors; especially when it feels most difficult to do so.