“Love each other dearly always. There is scarcely anything else in the world but that: to love one another.”
DANIEL 1-2
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Lately I have been struck by a simple but powerful truth. Every single day I have the chance to make magic. Not the fantasy kind but the kind that happens when I choose to make things better in my classroom, my community, my relationships, and my health. Every time I choose to do good something shifts inside me. My mind responds with its own surge of good chemicals and that momentum begins to spill into everything else. Do good and goodness grows. Choose love and love multiplies.
Victor Hugo said it beautifully:
“Love each other dearly always. There is scarcely anything else in the world but that, to love one another.”
Daniel understood this too. When he stood before Nebuchadnezzar and admitted that no human wise man or magician could explain the mystery, he was not shrinking. He was pointing to the true source of revelation. There is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. The same God who reveals mysteries also reveals light, and the clearest sign of that light is love.
John makes this unmistakable in his letter. Anyone who claims to be in the light but harbors hate is still walking in darkness. Anyone who loves their brother or sister lives in the light and there is nothing in them that makes them stumble. This becomes a daily guide for us, not a weapon to accuse others but a mirror for examining our own hearts.
So this morning I asked myself a few simple questions. Am I carrying hate toward anyone. Am I loving the world and its promises of possessions and power more than God and the people He has given me. Am I giving love or am I trying to extract it from something that cannot provide it.
Whenever I find myself seeking love from achievements or approval or control, I know I am drifting toward darkness. But when I choose to give love the world brightens. My mind settles. The momentum returns. Something in my spirit awakens.
This is where the daily magic begins. Love moves me toward the light. Love aligns me with God’s heart. Love awakens me to life and all its possibilities.
Jesus summed it up in a way that leaves no confusion. Love God with everything. Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.
This is the thread running through Scripture. This is the energy that fuels a meaningful life. This is the God breathed mystery that Daniel glimpsed and John articulated. To live in the light is to love.
And every time I choose that love today in any small way I create a holy momentum that reshapes my world and the worlds of those around me. Every day I get to help create that magic. Even when its not complete or perfect...just the act of beginning and doing small things...it's all part of the process and the process is the "magic".
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