The greatest love of all

I caught a few minutes of one of the early shows on television this morning to see an over head shot  from a helicopter of Whitney Houston's burial. They were playing her mammoth hit song, "The Greatest Love of All". I actually remember that song quite well. I am not sure why I know so many of the lyrics. I have never sat down with the intentions of memorizing the song. But there was a key lyric that stood out to me as I was watching the scene of the hearse pulling into the grave yard:

"Because the greatest love of all, is easy to achieve. Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all." 

Whitney belted that lyric out with an intensity and quality of voice that mesmerized audiences world wide. My personal evaluation is that there has never been a more talented singer.

I must say however, that I disagree with the lyric above based on scripture. It is not love of self that is the greatest love of all.

Deuteronomy 30:19 "I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live 20 "that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."



The greatest love of all, is the love of God. According to the bible, blessing and cursing are riding on it.

I heard on the news that Whitney was raised in church and got her start singing gospel songs. A close family friend stated that Whitney's whole family was Christian. It sounds to me like somewhere along the line, Whitney left her roots and bought into a worldly philosophy that brought her life to a tragic and sad end.

Just reminds us all, the greatest love of all is the love of God. No amount of success, fame, money....nothing can replace it.