The core is the center of your being which gives life to the rest of your life. What is the value that you will not compromise?
It is interesting to honestly examine the cores of life. Some try to maintain that one has the core value of honesty but the truth in the heart of hearts reveals how relative that can be. You mean I have to be honest everywhere? Does mostly honest count? It is like being a little pregnant.
Another person will hold the core value of marriage highly. But then when examining the use of time reveals that there is not much quality time spent there. Work and other things in life squeeze out the time necessary for a core value. Too often marriage is just seen ans just another task to be done after a hard day of work. There just is not enough time or energy.
Kids--Parenting is a core value of life--surely. Or is it? How much intentional time is spent parenting your child, teaching the important things in life? We entertain our children well. But intentional instruction in life--that is what parenting is all about. They will have other people in life to entertain them.
Jesus of Nazareth came to this world to reveal the core value of the Creator God. It is summed up in one word--love. The life and teachings of Jesus reveal to us that in life whatever we do, make sure that we love. We love our God. We love our neighbors. We love our enemies! We even love ourselves.
At the end of each day, the faith calls us to inquire of ourselves simply one question around the core value of faith. The question is: Have I given the world all the love that God has given to me today?
And your answer is.....
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