Read the passage first.
Love is all we need. On this Paul the apostle and Paul the McCartney agree.
For another generation, "Love Makes the World Go Round." It is a nice thought. A romantic thought.
Of course, love suggests that something matters and is important to you.
In his book, The Road to Whatever: Middle-Class Culture and the Crisis of Adolescence, Elliot Currie tells the story of Laurie, Terry and other teens who surprisingly come from middle-class families, and he offers an interesting and powerful argument. His thesis is one that a lot of people would rather ignore: that “all is not well with the children of middle-class America.” He tells us what we might already suspect, that there are too many kids today who are not on the road to maturity, or the road to success, or the road to prosperity. They are on the road to “whatever.” Thus the title of his book.
In Romans 13:8, Paul says that we owe no one anything, except to love each other. If you focus your life on loving others, you will not lead a “whatever” life.
In Romans 13:14, Paul says that if we “put on Christ,” we will not lead a “whatever” life given to darkness.
Frankly, what we need, what our neighbors need, is a way of life leading to honoring Christ in their lives. What are we doing, in word and deed, to help that happen?
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