What is love worth, if you cannot do what your lover asks of you?
A lot of times we hear people saying that all that counts is that we have love for Vaheguru, and that Vaheguru doesn't care about anything else except for how much we love him. On the surface this seems very logical, that since Vaheguru is the knower of hearts, he will be able to see how much love we have for him and then he will reward our love accordingly. The problem arises when this logic is used to justify becoming lax in rehit and doubting Guru Sahib's hukam. This isn't love, it's an excuse.
True love is innocent. It's raw and its relentless. There is no second guessing and many times it's downright crazy.
Love is what Bhai Lehna jee had for Guru Nanak Dev jee when he accepted hukam to eat a corpse. Love is what Bhai Taru Singh jee had for Guru Sahib's hukam when he gave his life for his kesh. Love is what Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh jee had in jail when he stayed hungry for days on end without letting go of Sarbloh Bibek.
If our love only allows us to follow certain rehits of Guru Sahib and then allows us to turn our back on Guru Sahib's hukam when we wish then the same reward will be given to us. Our love is incomplete, so then how can we expect Guru Sahib to reward us as with the same that was rewarded to the lovers like Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh jee? If our love allows us to so easily turn our back on Guru Sahib then we should not be surprised when Guru Sahib turns his back to us.
Love is worth nothing if we cannot follow all of Guru Sahib's hukams without doubt.
Preetam Singh
ਸਤਿਗੁਰਬਚਨਕਮਾਵਣੇਸਚਾਏਹੁਵੀਚਾਰੁ॥
