He chooses, he pursues, he rescues, he cherishes.
He loves.
Ever since I read this in "black" by Ted Dekker, I haven't been able to get it out of my head. Love is like a play, they said. You choose her the way God chose you. You pursue her in the spirit God pursued you. You rescue her like God rescued you. You cherish her in the same manner that God cherishes you. This is how you love. Love is without condition. I guess I'm not on the most popular opinion of love right now, because nobody has liked what I've said. You love with no respect to yourself. After all, Love is selfless. If the one who loved put himself, or even concern for his well being before his love, is he really loving at all? People say that relationships are a 50 - 50 deal. You give as much as you get. But how can love be sacrificial if you refuse to give more than you believe you've recieved? How can one honestly love someone else when they pay as much attention to their own needs as to their partners? You can't Love two masters at once, and You can't love yourself and someone else at the same time. Love pays no attention to itself, it always looks for the others benefit. It always jumps to sacrifice whatever must be put aside to meet the needs of the other. This is Love. This is how God loves us. He sacrificed his own son, and gave his own life, for our benefit. To meet our needs.
Are blogs supposed to be rants? I think I don't know how to blog... odd. I feel like a blog is supposed to relate to your day. I guess this does, in a weird this-is-my-life-up-to-today way.
The thing about God's love is that its overpowering. When you experience this kind of one sided commitment, this ultimate denial of self with no expectation of return, it overcomes you. You hate yourself. You desire change. This is why I believe in it so thoroughly, to the point that I disagree with my own mother when she says that if your in an abusive relationship you should get out. This kind of love, this raw, selfless, overpowering love, is what draws others to the realization that they need
I like frisbee. Its snowing outside, and that is frustrating, because I can't play frisbee...
The thing about God's love is that its overpowering. When you experience this kind of one sided commitment, this ultimate denial of self with no expectation of return, it overcomes you. You hate yourself. You desire change. This is why I believe in it so thoroughly, to the point that I disagree with my own mother when she says that if your in an abusive relationship you should get out. This kind of love, this raw, selfless, overpowering love, is what draws others to the realization that they need
I like frisbee. Its snowing outside, and that is frustrating, because I can't play frisbee...
1 comment:
No humanly love can even come close to God's love for us. But that's the beauty of it. That's the beauty of knowing we have a Creator, a father in heaven, that loves us far more than even our parents can love us. : ) Amazing.
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