love. plain and simple.

today i was walking out of my computer lab when i saw a girl dressed in all black. my first thoughts were, "she is emo-tastic." but then i got closer to her and was able to read her shirt and it literally blew my mind. this shirt had no fancy labels or tags on it, no funny pictures or quotations on it, all the shirt had on it were four simple letters. 

L-O-V-E. 

this shirt literally had me thinking the whole way back home. usually when you think about the word love, you think about skipping on the beach with your awesome boyfriend in july as the wind blows through your hair and the sand sinks beneath your toes. but this shirt was black with white letters. it wasn't pink and red with hearts all over it. it was just black. i think that this shirt is challenging all of us to get out of our comfort zones and stereotypical love bubbles and really LOVE PEOPLE! can you even imagine how much it would increase the quality of our lives if we automatically loved everyone that we met instead of judging, stereotyping, or accepting the past rumors about a person? not only would they appreciate it, your life would also change for the better. everyone is always looking for something they can do to 

change the world. 

the random girl who was wearing this extraordinary shirt has finally found the way. love the lord. love people. love the girl in your class who doesn't talk to anyone. love the boy on your hall that stays in his room all the time. love your competitors, no matter what team they pull for. love that one person who you think you hate. love the person who cuts you off on the road and makes you run late. love the person who accidentally steps on your foot in the elevator. love your atheist teacher who attacks your religion. love the people you work with. love your family. love your friends. love all of your enemies. and then love yourself.


of course my jesus already knew all of this...
1 corinthians 13:13 new living translation: "three things will last forever - faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love."


now everybody get out there and LOVE SOMEBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!