So why the Law?
It was added because of transgressions,
until the one who is the seed came,
to whom it had been promised
having been given through angels,
by the hand of a mediator.
But he is not the mediator of (the) one, but God is one.
Therefore is the Jewish Law against the promises of God?
By no means!
For if a Law had been given which was able to give life,
then indeed righteousness was from the Jewish Law.
But Scripture imprisoned all things under Sin,
so that the promise
on the basis of the faith of Jesus Christ
might be given to those who believe.
O Love, O God who created me, in your love recreate me.
O Love, who redeemed me,
fill up in me whatever part of your love
has fallen into neglect within me.
O Love, O God, who first loved me,
grant that with my whole heart,
and with my whole soul,
and with my whole strength,
I may love you.
Gertrude the Great