Love is the frame

And when Jesus comes along saying that the greatest command of all is to love God and love our neighbour, he too is asking us to pay attention.

If we are to love God, we must first stop, look, and listen for him in what is happening around us and inside us.

If we are to love our neighbours, before doing anything else we must see our neighbours. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like artists, we must see not just their faces but the life behind and within their faces. Here it is love that is the frame we see them in.

Frederick Buechner, Whistling in the Dark