Years ago a child was born, no one bothered to cut her navel cord, nor cleanse the blood and wrap her in swaddling cloths. No eye pitied her, to do any of these things for her, to have compassion on her, but she was thrown out into an open field to die. The child was loathed on the day she was born! But someone passed by and seeing her lying in filth said, Live! Spreading their wing over the child and covering it's nakedness, washing, clothing, and nurturing the child. The father swore an oath to the child and entered into a covenant with her and she became his, an adopted child. The father adorned the girl in jewelry of silver and fine clothes of costly fabric and embroidered cloth. She became very beautiful and rose to be a queen. Her fame spread among the people on account of her beauty and her beauty was made perfect by the splendor the father had given her. But she trusted in her beauty and used her fame so that others would love her and not the father. She lavished her f...
When we bear fruit, after being deeply rooted, and growing up truth in love, the love of God is fulfilled.