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paralleling ASFG 1 lesson on “LOVE”
BIBLE READING: John 3:16 and Psalm 19:1-7
ASFG Lesson 12: Love
(page 91)
Psalm 19:7 says, “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.”
This verse captures the meaning of Love Manifested.
The previous verses of Psalm 19 describe how God’s glory is revealed to humanity through nature. All of creation continually reflects that God’s law is perfect—and that the true expression of this law is LOVE. Everything in the world exists to serve and bless humanity, showing God’s loving intention. When humans misuse creation, they depart from that law of love.
When people use the gifts of creation to honor God, they obey the law of love and cooperate with God. In doing so, they become one with Him. Thus:
Law is Love, and Love is Law.
We only recognize God’s law as love when we live it faithfully.
But when we take God’s law of love, beauty, and goodness and bend it to our own selfish will, we fall under the consequences of cause and effect. God’s law has love as its cause and love as its result; when we abuse it, the results become confusion and suffering.
To know perfect love, we must fulfill the law of love—just as Jesus did—becoming so aligned with God’s will that nothing in us contradicts divine love. Perfect love cannot be ours until our souls are fully transformed. Each day, we are moving toward this transformation (“conversion”), because God has shown His love by giving His Son for our redemption.
Even if we have violated the law, we are always offered the chance to correct our mistakes. Evil we have created can be undone by creating good. This is the working of divine law. To the extent that we restore what we have broken, we manifest love.
Because God gave His only begotten Son, divine law became for us a law of grace and mercy. Only by expressing love can we truly understand or become the law.
Jesus Christ showed perfect love by uniting His will with God completely. Therefore, God is Love. When we misapply divine law, we may experience painful consequences, but when we fulfill the law according to God’s purposes, even life’s darkest moments can become beautiful.
This is how God’s law works in every soul: it is the divine process through which the soul is transformed—converted—into love.
AN EXPLANATION
1. God’s Law Revealed in Nature (Psalm 19:1–6)
Psalm 19 begins by saying:
“The heavens declare the glory of God.”
Every part of creation silently proclaims God’s order, beauty, and intention.
Cayce’s notes echo this:
Creation is a constant testimony of God’s perfect law—a law whose true nature is love.
Nature does not argue, fight, or rebel; it simply reflects God’s harmony.
Thus, the first lesson of nature = God’s love is orderly, generous, purposeful.
2. “The Law of the Lord is Perfect, Converting the Soul” (Psalm 19:7)
Cayce interprets this verse to mean:
God’s law is love.
When we live that law, our soul changes—is converted.
Conversion is not a one-time emotional event but a lifelong process of aligning our will with divine love.
This matches ASFG Lesson 12, which teaches:
“Love is the fulfilling of the law… Love is God in action.”
Thus, conversion = becoming more like God by living love daily.
3. Misusing the Law of Love
The notes explain:
The world was made for humanity’s good,
but when we use creation selfishly, we break the law of love.
This reflects the idea of cause and effect (karma), which Cayce often explained:
When we act in love → we experience harmony
When we act in selfishness → we experience confusion and pain
Not as punishment, but as natural consequences.
4. Jesus as the Perfect Fulfillment of the Law (John 3:16)
John 3:16 says:
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…”
Cayce’s notes point out:
This act turned divine law into a law of grace and mercy, not strict justice.
Jesus fulfilled perfect love by making His will one with God’s will.
Thus:
Jesus is the model of perfect love.
We can grow into that same state by living the law of love.
ASFG Lesson 12 emphasizes that love is not just a feeling, but a way of being—a willingness to give, to serve, and to align with God.
5. Conversion as a Daily Transformation
The notes say:
We are “each day in the process of being converted”
We correct past errors by choosing good
We manifest love to the extent that we restore the harmony we once broke
This is very much the Cayce approach:
Life is a school
Love is the lesson
Every challenge is a chance to choose God’s way over self-will
6. Even Painful Experiences Can Become Beautiful
Fulfilled according to God’s intention:
“Even the most despicable experience in our lives may become a thing of beauty.”
This is classic Cayce teaching:
When aligned with divine love,
even suffering and mistakes become stepping stones for spiritual growth.
SUMMARY
God’s law = God’s love.
Love is the force that converts the soul.
Psalm 19 shows God’s love through nature.
John 3:16 shows God’s love through Christ.
Cayce’s notes show God’s love working through our daily choices.
When we live in harmony with divine love, we:
become co-workers with God
transform past errors into good
discover peace, beauty, and meaning
move toward perfect love, as Jesus demonstrated
The entire spiritual journey is the process of the soul awakening to—and becoming—the law of love.
AFFIRMATION
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting my soul.
Today, I choose love.
God’s love works through me, heals me, and makes me whole.”
PRAYER
Father,
Your heavens declare Your glory, and all creation speaks of Your perfect law.
Teach me to see Your love in every breath, every moment, every soul I meet.
Where I have misused Your gifts or walked in my own will, forgive me and guide me back to Your way.
Let the love shown in Christ—Your only begotten Son—remake my heart.
Convert my soul, Lord, until Your law of love is fulfilled in me.
Help me to transform my errors into deeds of kindness,
my fear into courage,
my judgments into compassion,
and my weakness into willingness to serve.
Make me a channel of Your love,
a co-worker with You in bringing harmony, healing, and hope to the world.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
MEDITATION
A Meditation on Love as Law
Sit quietly and let your breath become slow and even.
With each exhale, release tension. With each inhale, receive peace.
Gently bring to mind the verse:
“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.”
Imagine nature around you—sky, trees, sunlight—each one silently speaking of God’s presence, God’s order, God’s love.
Now feel a soft radiance at the center of your chest.
This is the love of God placed within your soul at creation.
Let the inner light expand until it fills your mind, your heart, your body.
Say softly within:
“Law is love. Love is law. I choose to fulfill the law of love.”
Bring to awareness a person, situation, or memory that needs healing.
Without judgment, offer it into the light of love.
See it being transformed—gently, patiently—into harmony.
Feel the shift inside yourself.
Rest in the light and allow yourself to be loved, forgiven, renewed.
Close with the words:
“For God so loved the world… and God so loves me.
May this love work through me today.”
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