That’s how Jesus wants us to be: integral, whole and sincere. He does not want us to be at war with Him, His will, with anyone else or with ourselves. He commands us to love Him with our whole heart, our whole mind and our whole soul. He does this not for any arbitrary reason or because He is authoritarian but because He loves. Because of His great love for us, He wants nothing more for us than for us to be at peace. We cannot be at peace if we continually allow ourselves to be pulled in all kinds of different directions. We cannot be at peace if we have something against our neighbor or if our neighbor has something against us. God knows that if we are divided against Him or others or ourselves we ultimately will not be able to stand. The purpose of His great command is to give us an anchor in our lives that we desperately need. Without it we would flounder at best. With it, we have freedom, the freedom to choose to heed His command or to go another route. And so many times in life we will choose to go in another direction only to learn and relearn the lesson that only His way, keeps us in one piece and at peace. We also, because of His command, ultimately learn that the most surefire way to peace is surrender to His will. His will is our peace. We cannot obey the first commandment without by definition obeying the second commandment and if we do not obey the second we cannot obey the first. Another way of saying what I’m trying to say is this: Peace comes from loving God with every aspect of our humanity, and then serving this presence, His Presence in others. And that’s what it means to be integral, whole and sincere.