What love do

There is a story in the Bible that tells of a time when people living under Roman rule and social beliefs [Which are very similar to the way Western Society (including the USA) lives today].  They also lived under the religious rule and commands that are very similar to what the religious right tries to force everyone to live by today.  This passage speaks to me because it shows the spontaneous response of people living in these conditions to "living loved and then being able to love others".

Here is the story from the NET Bible (emphasis mine):  Acts 2:42 They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship,  to the breaking of breadand to prayer.  2:43 Reverential awe  came over everyone,  and many wonders and miraculous signs  came about by the apostles. 2:44 All who believed were together and held  everything in common,2:45 and they began selling   their property  and possessions and distributing the proceeds  to everyone, as anyone had need. 2:46 Every day  they continued to gather together by common consent inthe temple courts, breaking bread from   house to house, sharing their food with glad   and humblehearts,  2:47 praising God and having the good will  of all the people. And the Lord was adding totheir number every day   those who were being saved.




Verses 44 and 45 speaks volumes to me about how love reacts to those arounds us.  Now before I go any further, let me say that I do not believe this to be socialism or at least how I've seen socialism played out in society.  Socialism has always been forced upon people and this is a spontaneous outbreak that is not forced.  


As I read this, I see a people who did not demand Government to take care of them, nor did they seek to form Non profit organizations to oversee who would get help and who would not.  This was a case of those who had stuff exchanging it for money so that anyone and everyone who had a need had that need met.


Also, they loved being together and not in the traditional religious settings, but house to house and eating and sharing time as well as their lives with each other.


It seems to me that in a world of good, better, & best; this is the ultimate way for people to live and it is simply the by product of living loved and loving others.