Devotion

All of Scripture, all of the law, all of the prophets hang on these two commands. Everything else flows from these two loves: toward God and toward neighbor. What makes this remarkable is the simplicity of it—no complicated rules, no exhausting system of obligations. Just love. But this simplicity is deceptive because love, real love, is the most demanding thing asked of human beings. It requires sacrifice, vulnerability, the willingness to put another's wellbeing above your own comfort. This is not sentimental love but covenantal love—the kind that commits to another's good whether you feel like it or not.