Back to Love

Back to what I started weeks ago but God kept sidetracking me to other posts!  It all started with the Newsboys, Love Come True, destined to become the second most viewed post on this Blog, tying with, What is Love also of this year.  So I always intended to write this one but just never had the time.  Interestingly, in spite of these two holding my number two spot for most popular, I have never received a single email or comment on either!  Yeah, odd one would think.....

So, if you have consider these two posts and thought on them, you probably have some view as to what I come from on the topic of love.  Unfortunately for us, we live in an English speaking culture with a poorly developed sense of Love and an over developed sense of love.  The Greeks make all so much easier with their five forms of love versus a language which lumps all concepts of love under just one word.

So, looking at and thinking on John 13:34.....

"love" is purely human and conceptually can only be understood as self centered.  The minute actual self sacrifice enters the concept, we have Love, not "love".

Love is a command.  Love was to be the basis of the Christian life.

Love is not an option, if you are a Christian, it is expected of you by God.

Love is not human, is of God.  Consider the Love required to forgive 70x7!

Love is not easy; it is the hardest thing you will ever do.  It takes time.  It requires you to invest in one another.  You are required to place yourself at risk for another.

Love is not accidental, is has to be intentional.

We are told to Love; it is our action in obedience to His command.....

Real Love is not easy, it is painful, it is costly, but it is the only witness we have towards a world bent on its own eternal destruction.