What does it mean to be a path of God's Love? We humans are generally imperfect vehicles. Born into this world with a natural desire for self preservation, we find it hard to surrender our will in order to receive God's Love and pass it on. Love is not meant to be held, but transmitted. The more we try to own Love, the more it will elude us. The more we seek to let Love pass through us, the more we will experience the ineffable grace which only Love's passage through us can bring.
For many years, I had the wrong notion that the value of a life was measured by its impact. The greater the impact, the greater the life. I thought in terms of life forces. Some people had a strong life energy. Others frittered away that energy and lived lives that were less meaningful. I was wrong.
The truth is that the value of life is not determined by the radius of its impact. Instead, we are simply greater or lesser vehicles of God's Love.
This is why I have such great admiration for the caregivers of the earth. I love caregivers because they are dedicated to being lenses through which Love's light passes. There is no greater mission on this earth than to be a pathway for Love. It's a difficult challenge. Surrendering to Love means letting go of many of the things we think we want for ourselves. When we are wondering how to make Love based decisions, it may be that we need to return to the wisdom in a sentence I've written here before: Whatever the question, Love is the answer.
What does it mean to you to be a prism for God's Love?
-Erie Chapman
Journal of Sacred Work 
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