Let he who has ears, listen. –God
How is it possible to live, rooted in love, when we live in a fear-provoking world? How is it possible to hear and pay attention to and respond to the questions raised by the God that is Love when the world is awash in a constant tsunami of fear? Have we humans become our fear and hence have become deaf to the Voice of Love that repeats over and over and over again: Do not be afraid, have no fear! This is a Voice that we must hear and listen to if we are going to give up our fear-full identity.
The Voice of Love was heard by Buddha, Confucius, Zechariah, Jesus, Peter, Muhammad, and legions of other wisdom figures. The Voice of Love has been with us throughout history and is communicated to us by the Voice of Love’s messengers. This Voice announces a way of Love.
WHY is there no reason to fear? I cannot speak for others. As a Christian Ecumenist, Jesus-the-Christ answers (continues to answer) this question for me. I am thinking of the time Jesus succinctly answered this question when he approaches his frightened disciples as he was walking on the lake: It is I; do not be afraid (John 6:20).
For me, the Voice of Love is the Voice of Jesus-the-Christ. Jesus offers us a house of love to come home to. This is a home where we can think, speak, and act as the God that is Love invites us to think, speak and act – and to do so is antithetical to how we think, speak and act as residents of the house of fear that we now live in.
If we quiet both the internal and external noise that hammers us with fear and if we choose to then listen for the quiet Voice of Love we will hear: Do not be afraid…come follow me…go out and live the good news of love…
The Voice of Love calls to us: Let he who has ears, listen. Together, ‘WE’ can co-create a house of love here on earth; we do not have to wait until the after-life.
Are there ‘signs’ by which we can come to know both the Voice of Love and the Home of Love? Can these ‘signs’ actually help us overcome our fears and integrate love so it becomes our major sustaining tap root? The short answer is: ‘YES.’ For me, there are three ‘signs’ that can help us: Intimacy, Abundance, and Ecstatic Happiness.
Again, for me, Jesus-the-Christ speaks to me and provides me these three ‘signs’ (by the by, other faith, philosophical, and humanist traditions offer us these same three).
Speaking of himself as the vine and his disciples as the branches, Jesus says: Make your home in me, as I make mine in you (John 15:4). This is Jesus’ invitation to the first sign: Intimacy. Jesus then adds: Those who remain in me with me in them, bear fruit in plenty’ (John 15:5). This is Jesus’ second sign: Abundance. Love begets more Love. Then Jesus says: I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you and your joy may be complete (John 15:11). This is Jesus’ third sign: Ecstatic Happiness.
For me, the more I read and immerse myself in the Gospel of John the more I become aware of these three signs and of Jesus’ invitation to me to seek to ‘be’ and ‘do’ Love in my own life and to transform my identity of fear into an identity of love.
You are here to Love. –God
Searcher-Seeker 
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