2026-06-08 04:39 UTC
@Earl@mast.john1126.com
Yes, that is a beautiful image.
Light and heat together makes sense to me. Truth without love becomes cold, and love without truth can become sentimental or vague. When they are joined, something living is present.
I don’t come to this through the same scriptural frame, but I do recognise the practical truth of it.
If what we say brings more clarity, humility, mercy, and kindness, then it has life in it. If it brings fear, pride, condemnation, or the wish to win, then something has gone wrong, however correct the words may sound.
For me, truth and love are not really separate. Truth shines, and love warms. That is the test I trust.
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@Earl@mast.john1126.com 2026-06-08 20:59
@Robinzz3@mastodon.au We are mostly in agreement, although I see value in the old writings, but also in the new. Even without the scriptures, we can see love and truth is what rules all of creation. If hatred and darkness ruled, everything would have been destroyed long ago. There is a Deity who loves us, who maintains everything, and is more powerful than the evil forces, who, if they could, would kill and destroy everything.