True love is unconditional. Often we find in the world and church love which has a condition.
You find people who love those that love themselves. They love family and friends as an extension of themselves.
You see love is like an extension of a business deal. Love is based on utility or convenience or some other good.
There is truth in this sort of love, but if falls short of Christian love. Christian love is love which continues despite human logic.
You see in a sense to the world Christian love seems irrational, because it loves even when love does not make sense. Jesus laid down his life for us while we where still enemies.
You see in life true Christian virtue is of a different type than the virtue of the world because it goes farther. Lewis said that the issue with our desires is not that they are too strong but that they are too weak.
It is often true. Christianity is a religion which tells us that we care too little and are too concerned about the small details. You see we miss the point of life so often.
We see this or that tiny thing as important when it has no importance and miss the great realities of life at work around us.
Showing posts with label true love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label true love. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Sunday, June 1, 2014
True Love
True love is unconditional in nature. You see God loved us unconditionally while we were his enemies.
One of the realities of life is that many forms of love are fake. These forms are sort of reciprocal exchanges.
Sometimes the exchange is one of mutual benefit. Sometimes the exchange is one where one loves their own reflection in the other. In this sense the love is loving the reflection of oneself.
Often this is why the world is so broken. You see true love is unconditional. Love is not based upon convenience or mutual benefit in its truest form.
I suppose someone might object that arranged marriage or courtship of the past had that sort of utility in mind and the marriages there were unconditional.
I suppose there may be some truth but it is one of those things where often marriages stayed together even though love had died and it was a ghost of a thing.
There are many stories written in the past of women who end up killing themselves because of the great lack of love rather than face the consequence of divorce.
The nature of love is that in its most pure form it makes no sense to the world. You see love sees everything in its true nature. The true nature of man is the image bearer of God and every man should be in the most ideal sense united in brotherhood.
Many Christians shut themselves off from the world and deny the issues it has. Others take the spirit of faith and blindly love without worrying of the consequences to self.
You see a middle road is ideal. We need to be innocent and loving but also wise. It is not uncommon that virtue is often the balance between two unwise extremes.
One of the realities of life is that many forms of love are fake. These forms are sort of reciprocal exchanges.
Sometimes the exchange is one of mutual benefit. Sometimes the exchange is one where one loves their own reflection in the other. In this sense the love is loving the reflection of oneself.
Often this is why the world is so broken. You see true love is unconditional. Love is not based upon convenience or mutual benefit in its truest form.
I suppose someone might object that arranged marriage or courtship of the past had that sort of utility in mind and the marriages there were unconditional.
I suppose there may be some truth but it is one of those things where often marriages stayed together even though love had died and it was a ghost of a thing.
There are many stories written in the past of women who end up killing themselves because of the great lack of love rather than face the consequence of divorce.
The nature of love is that in its most pure form it makes no sense to the world. You see love sees everything in its true nature. The true nature of man is the image bearer of God and every man should be in the most ideal sense united in brotherhood.
Many Christians shut themselves off from the world and deny the issues it has. Others take the spirit of faith and blindly love without worrying of the consequences to self.
You see a middle road is ideal. We need to be innocent and loving but also wise. It is not uncommon that virtue is often the balance between two unwise extremes.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Unconditionally to Love
Love has a great unconditional nature to itself. We are not loved by God because of something in us.
The reason we are loved is always found in God. We cannot see within ourselves the reason God loves us.
We are mired in sin, we have nothing to offer. What have we that God needs?
Such is God one who loves those who are unlovable. We may not see ourselves this way but it is the truth.
We are so far below God not just in degree but quality but he offers love unconditional bought at a great price.
Really the cross is the place were God shows is love in that his son Jesus gave himself for fallen man.
All true love runs downhill from the cross. The cross is the basis for true love.
We love because God first loved us. God loved us for no reason and we should love for no reason also.
We cannot simplify the truth to say we should ignore abuse or ignore how loving others affects us.
The direction of the bible is clear but through is a call for wisdom. There is a time to stand firm in hardship and danger and a time to flee.
Sometimes Paul stood firm in danger and sometimes he fled. Sometimes Jesus confronted error publically and sometimes he spoke about it only more privately with his disciples.
The overall flow of the teaching of scriptures has an absolute nature to it. The details are left to each because each context is unique.
The bible pushes forth the overall specifics of which we are to live and enact in the world. Bu the specifics need to be contextually developed through wisdom.
We are to love the poor and teach others of the glory of being a child of God. But the specifics are left to us since each context is unique and our fulfillment of God’s work will need to be tailored to the context.
The reason we are loved is always found in God. We cannot see within ourselves the reason God loves us.
We are mired in sin, we have nothing to offer. What have we that God needs?
Such is God one who loves those who are unlovable. We may not see ourselves this way but it is the truth.
We are so far below God not just in degree but quality but he offers love unconditional bought at a great price.
Really the cross is the place were God shows is love in that his son Jesus gave himself for fallen man.
All true love runs downhill from the cross. The cross is the basis for true love.
We love because God first loved us. God loved us for no reason and we should love for no reason also.
We cannot simplify the truth to say we should ignore abuse or ignore how loving others affects us.
The direction of the bible is clear but through is a call for wisdom. There is a time to stand firm in hardship and danger and a time to flee.
Sometimes Paul stood firm in danger and sometimes he fled. Sometimes Jesus confronted error publically and sometimes he spoke about it only more privately with his disciples.
The overall flow of the teaching of scriptures has an absolute nature to it. The details are left to each because each context is unique.
The bible pushes forth the overall specifics of which we are to live and enact in the world. Bu the specifics need to be contextually developed through wisdom.
We are to love the poor and teach others of the glory of being a child of God. But the specifics are left to us since each context is unique and our fulfillment of God’s work will need to be tailored to the context.
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