The context of this is important.
I was preaching to the commemoration of the departed.
I don’t know what you all believe.
I can’t rest my sermon on tradition.
So I’m going to tell you what I believe.
We all know love exists
Us being here today proves we know love.
(or if you weren’t there, Ill assume you love something)
God is love
Us being here today proves love Outlasts us.
(or if you weren’t there, I’ll assume someone you love has passed on)
God is eternal
and God is love
Therefore, love is eternal
The people we love aren’t just with the source of love.
They are with love itself, the active prescient dynamic force of love
Love that gives everything to be with the object of its love
That kind of love
Love that knows us before we are born
Love that knows those we love here today and just with him
Right now, this second knows them now.
Present tense
Isn’t that wonderful?
Our loved ones are with perfect love.
When we love, we bring that kingdom of love a little closer because we bring what God is a little closer.
So today, by being here and remembering those we love, we brought his kingdom closer by bringing the love we have for them here
So we brought them closer as well.
God is everything at all times at once
So that means he is with us and everyone ever at all times at once
That means so is love
Those we lost are with that love at all times, everywhere at once
And today, we remember them and the love that’s with them and with us.
I am convinced one day, we will all be together with love.
As we are now, as we will forever be.
Amen

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