{"id":1946,"date":"2012-02-18T08:35:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T16:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2012-02-18T08:35:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T16:35:49","slug":"love-the-greatest-power-in-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2012\/02\/18\/love-the-greatest-power-in-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Love — The Greatest Power in the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Your writing and painting friend also speaks. Click to listen and watch.<\/a><\/h6>\n

Just after the first of the year I had an e-mail exchange across the country with an old friend\u2014a person who had been once my boss, always a mentor, and still an encouraging influence.* In that e-mail he shared with me his life goals, something he updates yearly.<\/p>\n

At the top of his list was a detailed paragraph on love. It was beautiful. He asked me to keep it confidential, personal as it was, but I told him it was worth publishing in every newspaper nationwide. It would help a lot of people.<\/p>\n

I was reminded of the talk I’d recently given on the same topic. I don’t get asked to speak that often these days, but when a local church suddenly had a need they called me and I stepped in. They video taped it. So, as we were on the same topic, I shared the link to the sermon with my friend.\u00a0This is what he wrote back:<\/p>\n

Hyatt, today I listened to your message on Love. I see why you said we are thinking alike. I identified with it very much, except you have taken it to a new level of understanding. <\/strong><\/p>\n

You have developed this in a most practical way. I am moved even more than ever that love is what it is all about. The message is the best thing I have heard on this passage since Henry Drummond’s little treatise on it I read 60 years ago while in college. <\/strong><\/p>\n

He planted the seeds that love is the \u201csumma bono,\u201d a truth that laid dormant in my soul for too many years but began to spring to life as I got older and even may show some signs of bearing fruit these many years later. <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>I love the way you presented it, your style, vintage Hyatt. I love it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>I will listen to this again and again and then again because it is a truth I want to grow deep in. <\/strong><\/p>\n

You need to keep talking, writing, living it out as you are doing and sharing it with the rest of us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There it is. Like I said, an encouraging friend. We should all have one like that.<\/p>\n

Or be one.<\/p>\n

I invite you to check out the message for yourself, just click on the picture at the top<\/span>. Or click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

You’ll need a little time. You can always start it now and finish it later.<\/p>\n

Let me know if it speaks to you.<\/p>\n

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* Bernie May, a man of many distinctions, and was President of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA before I took over from him, years ago.<\/p>\n

PS By now you may have noticed I tend to make up words. Let me know if you hear the one that “appeared” in the message.<\/p>\n

Next:\u00a0Jesus After Breakfast<\/em>. Coming Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For some time I’ve been convinced that the most powerful force in the universe, the force behind all forces, is love. And it’s ours to experience. Take a listen and see if you agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1946\/revisions\/2278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}