Loving someone can be very easy: shrieking in excitement from seeing a beloved friend, hugging a sibling after not seeing them for months, or cooking a homemade meal for loved ones.

We could not sustain this exceptional love if we weren’t already loved by a perfect Father.

We know that we’re loved by God and that with Him, nothing is impossible. That part is easy. What is not so easy is conveying this message to our brothers and sisters who do not know God.

Everyone is broken and obliged to carry a cross regardless of religion. However, after witnessing the brokenness of an agnostic friend, I would never want my life without God. Jesus warns us of this in Proverbs 3: “Man makes it much harder when he leans on his own understanding.” 

This same friend told me, “I used to be an atheist, but I’m now agnostic because no matter how difficult my life gets, the goodness and love of others always finds me, so there must be something greater that’s looking out for me.”

The love God has gifted us has the power to be a light for others, “to open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.” Let us lead with love today, tomorrow, and long after this Lenten season so that we may reunite more souls to the awaiting arms of our loving Father.