Friday, May 23, 2008

Love.

Happens to be one of the most important words of my life which i spent a large part of my 19 years trying to find out about. I remember writing a post on love some time back and i just can't help but think of it again.

I had dinner with an old, old friend whom i haven't seen in about a year at least (: but our bond somehow never really changes. I don't know how we talked about things but when we finally reached the topic of love, there was something that God seemingly wanted me to speak about.

What does the world see love as?
What do we as Christ followers see love as?
Do we see it as simply a feeling?
Do we see it as something that comes and goes as it wills?
Do we see it as a tool to attain something from someone "useful"?

Is love practical?

The more i thought of it, the sadder i felt... because i think in this short walk with Christ, i've gained one huge thing from my Father. Love in its rawest form, unconditional, undisputable and unassuming love. Sometimes as Christians we forget the characteristics of God's love. We forget in very essence that He is love. And the world speaks of love as if its trivial, it can be had and lost, given and claimed.

If love is a feeling but contains no perseverence, is that truly love? Because love gives unerringly despite the situation, if not what makes that different from charity? Give until you don't wanna give anymore so you just give up.

it really showed me the power of Jesus' love... as he endured temptations, i'm sure he was tempted to not love people around him... what for? All they wanted to do was to kill Him. But instead He felt an even greater burden for them, for a people who couldn't love with an unconditional resilience. So much that He chose with His mind and heart to go to the cross for us. (:

Thank you Jesus (:

I really want to learn to love as you did not for various reasons but simply because people need this love. Heh tho its definitely not easy but i'm still learning and still a work in progress (:

Cale (: