The usher, showing me the way to the pastor’s study, wore a big, bright, round button on his lapel which read: "I love you - Is that O.K.?" I didn’t know him, he only knew that I was the visiting preacher in the pulpit that day, so, after re-reading his button, I said; "Yes, I think it’s O.K." His reaction was immediate: he ducked his head, blushed to his ears, and in a choked voice said: "Ah, oh, uh, well, that’s good." Why would anybody wear a button that said that to everybody?

"Easy love" - we say we love small, long-haired dogs, we love sporty cars, we love split-level houses, we love sharp clothes, we love pop songs, we love some people, we love the colors of blue and yellow, we love faded jeans, and we love dimpled babies - or anything else you can think of! Love is the most overwo…