Love is the foundation of the creative process, the root of the reality of the universe, and the very nature of the Infinite Power and Presence we call God. All things begin with love. Genesis says, "In the beginning God... "But then John says, "God is love!" The Word is Love. Thus, paraphrasing John, "In the beginning was Love, and Love was with God, and Love was God." "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." This image-likeness is the transcendent nature of creative love. "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him." Thus it is that man is created in and of love. No matter how far he may stray from the root of reality into the circumference of living, it is always true in principle ("in the beginning...") that he is rooted and grounded in the allness of love. The chief work of man's life is always to "Call to remembrance" his true nature, which is created in the image and likeness of God who is love, and to get on with the business of life — which is for loving. ~ Eric Butterworth