day no. 15,530: death v. love

"Death cannot change love; love changes death. Love changes the meaning of death, but death does not change the meaning of love. When fire and water meet, one must die. 'Love is as strong as death' (Song 8:6) because, 'many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.' (Song 8:7) Death threatens love with extinction; 'Love, thou shalt die,' but love replies, in triumph, 'Death, thou shalt die.'" -- Peter Kreeft, Three Philosophies of Life

Death and Love are the strongest forces in the world and they are at enmity with one another.  Death seeks to undo all that Love accomplishes and Love seeks to make an end of Death altogether. Two will enter, but only one will leave.

God is Love. And Love became flesh and dwelt among us. And then Love died. But Death could not hold Him. He conquered Death and survived it. He undid Death and removed its stinger. Love survived death and now lives forever. Love is stronger than death. Death was able to kill Love, but it could not keep Love dead. Love rose again and now holds the keys to Death. Love owns Death. And any who are in Love, will live forever with Him. Water can smother a fire provided the fire stays put and the water continues to pour, but a fire can lick up water when the puddle remains and the sun burns bright from millions of miles away. Just like God's fire fell from Heaven to lick up the altar in the days of Elijah, so will love stoop to lap up death and evaporate its deluge in which mankind was baptized. The world was baptized with water once and the Holy Spirit will baptize it again by fire and the water will be no more and the fire will purify all that remains to be better than it ever was before.