Hi friends
This evening I have being thinking about the love of God. Some call it agape. But I prefer to call it eternal or divine love. It is the love that does not depend on the object to be initiated, it hangs on the individual who loves for its initiation and continuation. That means the lover must be strong, well rounded and a self sufficient person.
Because the lovee, may choose not receive the offered, yet the lover must not be drawn away from loving him/ her with the same intensity. It's hard humanly speaking to love where you are constantly hurt and hated. It is hard to both understand and practice this kind of love. This love is more than the maternal love that mothers have towards their children, it does not light fireworks like the passion between man and woman, yet it is deeper than that.
It is easy to talk about it, to preach about it and write about it. But its hard to live it. Nevertheless most of us Christians, are arrogant and scared to admit our struggles, to live in this kind of love.
Many times we find our self falling short of this standard of love. If you guys do not struggle when it come to live out this love, better for you. Please pray for that I should grow to that level. In many occasions I have found myself struggling to love all people the same way all the time, even when they have been the source of my hurt or persecution.
Just to let you know I'm not talking about liking or befriending people. These things are hard and impossible, the bible does not call or command us to like and befriend everybody because we are Christians, but it does call us to love all people anyhow.
This type of love doe not depend on what we feel or think. Its neither optional, it is a command, that I have to obey.
But how can I possess such love when I'm not the source? I'm weak and fallible, yet love is infallible. These are two different natures. However this does not make me despair but humbled.
Because I'm called to express the love that I cannot completely comprehend everything about it. I do not possess it naturally, and I'm not the source. Yet God does not accept our love to be below this standard.
For that reason I submit myself to God, who is the source of this love, who has called me out to love people with such love to come to my help. Lord I will obey your word but I have a petition, grace me to love people your way.
The sinners, &
The saints
The sane, &
The insane
The sentimental, &
The judgmental.
Thank you for your time
Posted using Partiko Android
Thank you so much for being an awesome Partiko user! We have just given you a free upvote!
The more Partiko Points you have, the more likely you will get a free upvote from us! You can earn 30 Partiko Points for each post made using Partiko, and you can make 10 Points per comment.
One easy way to earn Partiko Point fast is to look at posts under the #introduceyourself tag and welcome new Steem users by commenting under their posts using Partiko!
If you have questions, don't feel hesitant to reach out to us by sending us a Partiko Message, or leaving a comment under our post!