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Love.

It's a powerful word, but it's a word I think we've kind of become used to, especially with

holidays like Valentine's Day. We see this word so often. We love our

hamburgers and our cars. We also love our spouses and our children. We use this word so often that it's

become somewhat benign to us. But it's this message of love that Jesus brought to this earth

that turned this world upside down. That sense of love that Jesus brought to this earth that turned this world upside down.

That since he walked on this earth and preached a message of unconditional love, everything

has changed.

Everything has changed.

But yet somehow, I think here in the 21st century, we've lost the power of Christ's message

because sometimes we forget the contrast of what was being preached and taught in the day of

Christ.

It's called the principle of contrast.

When you compare one thing to another, you compare something that's pure with something

that's impure and you can see how pure it truly is. You see this on the commercials, especially

those with teeth whitening commercials. You know, you see the before and the after right next to

each other. You've all experienced it before. You've been around somebody really big and you

feel really small next to them.

I'm used to feeling like the tallest person in a room.

I'm six foot four, so I'm used to being tall, and I remember meeting Shaquille O'Neal for the very first time.

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