Love in its finest

Love in its finest

At some point of everyone’s life, they love. They give and have received love. The kind that surmount over the most crucial days. The one we give to a stranger, the one we give our family, the one we give to our neighbours, the one that endures pain, the one that requires patience. Everyday, we love. J however it is rooted, we give and have received love.

We love because we have received love. We cannot give anything unless we have it right.

But most of us love because we expect to be love in return, and this love, we still divide it into two parts. One is for us to keep and to rely strength upon, the other half is left to be given back. That is how we equate love. That is how we do love.

But this system has its problem. This system DEPENDS on how much we have received; if we received little then we give half of that little. Thus dividing love, thus loving little.  

Many people tell us to love. Only God gives us the power to do so. – A love worth giving by Max  Lucado

This book inspired me to write such. J

We know we should love, we have been told to do so, so many times. But doing it is not that easy. How can you love the unlovable? How can you be kind to someone who have offended you? How can you still love someone who have cheated you? How will you ever love those you are unkind to you? How do you love the moneygrubbers and the backstabbers?

This is how we should love according to Him…

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

I personally could not meet this standard. First, Margie is not patient, Margie is not kind… (I will not continue, you get the picture!)

But rather than reminding us how we cannot produce that love, let it remind us how much God loves us. The kind that we receive everyday.

Jesus is love – right? Then lets do this. Let’s insert Christ’s name in place of the word love…

Jesus is patient, Jesus is kind. He  does not envy, He does not boast, Jesus  is not proud. He is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, Jesus keeps no record of wrongs. Jesus  does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. He always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Jesus never fails.

If we will learn root the love we give to everyone with the kind we received from Jesus, then we will probably love endlessly. For even if we continuously divide Jesus’ love, it will still be sufficient to love everyone. Even those unborn. For He’s love is overflowing…

This is the love we cannot resist. It is given freely, not divided, but rooted on Christ.

And His love, if we will just let it --- can fill us with a love worth giving.

Random thoughts stirred by the book: A LOVE WORTH GIVING by: Max Lucado