(The following are not my words, rather they are the words of Minister Server a friend of mine and leader in the Temple of Hip Hop with KRS-ONE. I'll do this from time to time, but only with really important posts such as this one.)

FEBRUARY 2009 "FOOD FOR THE SPIRIT"

Peace and much love! The divinity in me salutes the divinity in you, word!

The spiritual gift for the month of FEBRUARY is LOVE! The word LOVE is probably one of the most misunderstood words in our modern vocabulary. Most people confuse LOVE with emotionalism, infatuation or material wants. I won’t go into a long list, however, if you listen to or watch mainstream media, you’ll hear a lot of people saying and doing some strange things in the name of “LOVE”! However, your spiritual gift of LOVE gives you the ability to go beyond your personal feelings, thoughts and emotions to allow you to experience a higher consciousness. It is written that, "God is LOVE", we believe this to be true. God lives within you so there’s never a need to look for LOVE; you are a living manifestation of LOVE! Unfortunately, most people never experience this powerful gift because they have not learned how to LOVE themselves, which is truly the basis for loving anything. Some people have only experienced LOVE on a limited level because they have placed conditions on how they choose to experience LOVE. For example, in relationships people will threaten to hold back their LOVE if the other person doesn’t say, act or do the things they want them to do, and that is not LOVE! LOVE is the unconditional principle that allows you to connect to the oneness of God, which is the underlying energy of all creation. It is written that you should, "LOVE God with all your heart, your soul and your mind and you should LOVE your neighbor as you LOVE yourself". Most of us are still working on doing that, especially the second part! It’s all good, as you to learn to LOVE yourself like God loves you, it becomes easier to share that LOVE with all of creation on a daily basis! God loves you so much, that there is nothing you can do to stop God from loving you, even when you don’t LOVE yourself! That’s unconditional LOVE! It may seem impossible for you to LOVE like that, however, you are a child of God and if it’s true of God, it’s true of you too!

We all desire LOVE in our lives, it gives our lives more meaning and yet, loving someone unconditionally doesn’t mean letting them to take advantage of you or treating you wrong. It simply means that them to be who they are without judgment. Sometimes you have to LOVE people from a distance, everyone doesn’t deserve a “front seat” in your everyday life, be honest with yourself about how you choose to use your LOVE!

Your spiritual gift of LOVE gives an inner peace that will allow you to experience the life you were born to live and fulfill your divine purpose! In the challenging times we are living in, we must remember that LOVE is the most healing, powerful and harmonizing force in the universe; we should use it daily and share it with all of creation! It is true, you let It be and there It is, word!

Minister Server - The Hiphop Life Coach Temple Of Hiphop, HIPHOP Ministries, Inc. http://www.hiphopministries.org/