Love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength

If evil can attack Jesus, it attacks me

Mark 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, "Which is the first of all the commandments?"  Jesus replied, "The first is this:  Hear, O Israel!  The Lord our God is Lord alone!  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,  with all your soul,  with all your mind,  and with all your strength.  The second is this:  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.  There is no other commandment greater than these."  The scribe said to him, "Well said, teacher.  You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he.  And to, and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."  And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God."  And no one dared to ask him any more questions.

 Love him with all your heart, with all your understanding,  with all your strength

Lord,

For so long I did not understand how it was possible to love you completely and above all.  And I thought it was arrogance on your part to desire that.

But now I understand that when I do that, it actually fills me with all good things that can be experienced within a soul.  It is so beyond understanding because it seems to be contrary to logic.  But Lord, I know it’s true because I have experienced it.  And it was a gift from you.  It is impossible in this world to understand you and your ways.  You are not human; you do not have the limitations we have.  It is hard to believe, truly believe what we haven’t experienced.  This just blows me away.  The way you set me free of that demon that was inside me all these years orchestrating my thoughts and beliefs.  That demon wasn’t just on one shoulder but it was buzzing all around me and so often it took my attention away from what was true because my experience somehow seemed to be contrary to truth.  I don’t know why you allowed it but all I can think of is that taking it away showed me it’s reality.

And this buzzing that I just heard, as I sat here was a reminder that I am not invincible to them.  It tells me they are still there.  They are out there and they want back in and they are angry and they will not quit trying so I have to hold on to that truth and not allow it to drop form my memory.  I have to  remain vigilant  and not allow them from the outside back in.  They are still there but they have lost much power by being kicked out.  But they are still there, out there waiting.  But now I have knowledge of them and that gives me power and I have you and that gives me real power. 

Thank you Lord for this gift of knowledge.