Quotes and questions to help us grow in our ability to love
Hi Friends!
Ready to live with more love? That’s what our book club pick, The Law of Love in Action, is all about—being better at showing up in every situation and for every person with more love.
We want to hear what you think!
Fill out this form on the Magnify website and tell us about your thoughts on the book or respond to one of the questions below. How are you seeing the law of love in action in your life? Then listen in on our podcast book club discussion May 21 to hear how the Magnify community is living with more love.
Even if you haven’t read the book yet, these quotes and questions from The Law of Love in Action will get you thinking and can lead to meaningful discussions around loving each other better. We’d love to hear from you.
Thanks for growing in love with us!
Quotes and Questions
Introduction
“The law of love can’t just belong to any one religion, because it governs the universe. It supersedes all other laws as the governing law. It makes no distinction between religion, socioeconomic background, geography, language, or cultural difference: those all get gently enfolded and subsumed into the law of love.” (p. 16-17)
Why is the law of love far-reaching and all-encompassing?
Part 1: Loving as God Loves
“The very purpose of life is to take inspiration from God and counsel from others, then decide, even in dim visibility. We abdicate our agency if we wait for God or someone else to tell us what to do. We are so much more useful when we actively participate in God’s work.” (p. 38)
What does it mean to you to “actively participate in God’s work”?
What types of kind and loving things can we do for others without hesitating or waiting for permission?
“The law of love is not something to do, it’s something to be.”
As members of church communities, neighborhoods, and family circles, what changes can we make in our lives to embody the law of love?
How do we figure out the individual things we need to do to better live the law of love?
Part 2: Seeking Another’s Healing
“No matter your circumstances, be open to the possibility that God might be trying to answer your prayers to heal your own heart by sending you on an errand to someone else.” (p.111)
How can we be open to helping others when we are trying to heal ourselves?
When was a time that you felt healed after helping someone else?
“Judgment can be such a nefarious path that needs to be walked super carefully. I wonder how often our judgment of others would turn into compassion if we understood them.” (p. 126)
Nefarious means “flagrantly wicked” and is usually a description reserved for the villain in a movie. Why do you think Steve pairs judgment with this word?
When have you gotten to know someone and your opinion of them changed because you aren’t judging them but understanding them?
Part 3: Expecting Nothing in Return from Others
“The people God puts on your path? Just love them, not trying to pull them onto your path. Then you’re doing what God does: inviting into this healing work.” (p.163)
How can we be witnesses of the restored gospel in loving ways?
“Respecting others’ choices is one of the hardest but also most godlike things we can do. It’s especially hard with adult children, whom we are used to parenting and protecting in certain way. But it is never our job to try to fix others—only to bring the spirit of Christ’s healing into that relationship, so God can heal them.” (p.171)
What does it mean to have agency?
How can we love others when they use their agency to make different life choices than we do?
Part 4: The Law of Love in Impossible Circumstances
“Abundance can be found if we look for it, even in the competition and the adrenaline. We can seek to do our personal best and test the limits of these amazing human bodies given to us by loving Heavenly Parents. We can see how an impossibly large team can come together to work toward a common goal. We can find out how good we can get and help others to find out how good they can get.”
How can we be the example of living the law of love when we are in a competitive situation?
How can we avoid creating competition where it isn’t necessary?
At the end of the book, Steve extends this question to the reader: “Do you have any stories of how the law of love has worked in your life?”
If you have something to share, let him know! Email lawoflove@foreveryoung.org.
