"Love is . . . letting her off her diet once in a while." This was an old cartoon brought up at church last night. We talked about love. What it is and how we are all pretty much going about it all wrong. I'm still trying to understand it. I'm still trying to understand how this emotion that God has given us is one that we have to somehow still learn from and figure out. It seems that God never gives us anything without there being some deeper meaning behind it for us to learn some great lifes' lesson from.
The love that we are supposed to give is that of Agape. Agape love is a love that is not an emotion, but an action. In this love, you cannot give it expecting something in return. Agape love is the highest form of love that only we can know and understand through Christ. It is selfless and self sacrificing. We all love. We all give out of the goodness of our heart. The goodness which was placed in all of us by God, and chosen to by ignored or noticed by the free will he has also given us. To love Agape would be to love as Christ loved.
As I thought about it last night, I wondered, have I ever in my life loved that way? Will I ever in my life love that way? It seems like such an impossible feat, to love and forgive as Christ did for all of us. Even in my marriage it seems impossible. Have I ever given something with my whole heart wanting only good to be received? Have I been patient with my own heart, thoughts and actions so that I may be patient to give to others? Have I not boasted about the things I have been given in love and life? Am I humble before others and before God? Am I jealous? Deep down I think we all seek some satisfaction in our souls when we give love. It's a part of being human, which again is what makes it so difficult. I know that I will always try to give that love. I know that I want to give that love, but I also know that it is almost impossible. Deep down I am always seeking for some happiness and contentment out of love I give. My question is how is that really so wrong? Did Jesus not want to please his father? Isn't there some greater reason, always, for giving that kind of love?
Desperately seeking God, desperately seeking answers.
The love that we are supposed to give is that of Agape. Agape love is a love that is not an emotion, but an action. In this love, you cannot give it expecting something in return. Agape love is the highest form of love that only we can know and understand through Christ. It is selfless and self sacrificing. We all love. We all give out of the goodness of our heart. The goodness which was placed in all of us by God, and chosen to by ignored or noticed by the free will he has also given us. To love Agape would be to love as Christ loved.
As I thought about it last night, I wondered, have I ever in my life loved that way? Will I ever in my life love that way? It seems like such an impossible feat, to love and forgive as Christ did for all of us. Even in my marriage it seems impossible. Have I ever given something with my whole heart wanting only good to be received? Have I been patient with my own heart, thoughts and actions so that I may be patient to give to others? Have I not boasted about the things I have been given in love and life? Am I humble before others and before God? Am I jealous? Deep down I think we all seek some satisfaction in our souls when we give love. It's a part of being human, which again is what makes it so difficult. I know that I will always try to give that love. I know that I want to give that love, but I also know that it is almost impossible. Deep down I am always seeking for some happiness and contentment out of love I give. My question is how is that really so wrong? Did Jesus not want to please his father? Isn't there some greater reason, always, for giving that kind of love?
Desperately seeking God, desperately seeking answers.
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