a message was given at church a couple of weeks ago that dealt with love, and suffering. it seems like so many things i have been learning lately...are things i already know. but i don't know them like i should. hearing things put into their simplest possible form can tell you more than years of study...
the Essence of Love...
is the desire to be one with another.
i know...duh...but i think this is important...
the Purest form of Love...
is Love that desires to impart itself
love is about the giving up of your own desires. the hardest thing in this life...especially in this age of individuality and self-centeredness.
it's all about what makes ME happy. all that matters is how this situation affects ME. what can I get out of this?
why do you think 50% of marriages don't work out...? God didn't design marriage to make us happy, but to make us whole. to work out what it is to love with every part of you, even the part that says "it's not fair"...and then that is where happiness and joy comes from. it's not easy, but it's beautiful.
Christ didn't let fairness determine his decision to give up His life and His connection to His Father for us. what if he had?
what if he had said, "i don't deserve this, i've done nothing wrong, they dug themselves into this hole they can live in it." and allowed the angels to carry Him away...unharmed...unscathed...
if He could do lower Himself the way He did...how much more can i smile at someone who criticizes me? be patient with someone who offends me? love someone who "doesn't deserve it...?"
i don't know. yadda yadda. i guess i've just been confronted with this a lot...about what love really is to me.
i have a lot more to write but that's all for now...
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