Sometimes we need to go back to the basics to insure that we are living the way God wants us to live. What is more basic than love. Because God has first loved us we are called to love in response. Our first love is to God. And because of our this love we are called to love others. Love is central to a life with God. For God is love. His very life is love. He has gifted us with a share in his life of love, so that we can love. When we don't love then we are not sharing in his life. The more we love, the more we share in his life. It is so simple that it is hard to wrap our minds around this mystery. Even though God commands us to love, let us make it our decision and commitment.