Love is the answer....

Has anyone seen the "Kingdom of Heaven"?
I really have no desire to see it other that for my own appreciation for great film making, however, it has sparked some reflection anew for me.
The "Crusades" were a despicable example of the tyranny of the so-called Christian church during the Dark Ages.
It makes me so angry when I think of those "crusaders" going forward to kill and maim in the name of Christ, the arrogance they must have had to believe that they were justified by their "faith", and who gave them the directive, anyway???
God?
I think not.
Hmmmm......
It doth sound quite familiar, doth it not????
Are we not still reaping the consequences of that awful history????
The "crusaders" gave Christianity its bad rep and may have spawned a hatred that is still leveling its awful sting.
Winning the world for Christ has nothing to do with violence and hatred and narrowness, but, it has everything to do with love.
"A new commandment I give to you, that you Love one another....that they may know you are my disciples."
Jesus spoke these words to his disciples right before He left this earth.

"Father, fill me up to the top with your love, that I may spill it out onto your people and they may know that you are God....."