Have you found your “soul mate,”
“true love,” “the one”? Is this even a valid question? I say no. Romance in
movies is usually about finally finding that one person that completes the two
parties. In my own experience, I believed that God led me to my wife, and that
we were supposed to be together. As if it were his plan, to play cupid in our
lives and have us “fall” in love. “Falling in love” is another statement that
misses the point, as if you can fall out of love with someone. Also, the
distinction I heard Chelsea Handler make in a movie once; “You can love more
than one person but you cannot be “in love” with more than one person.” If love
is this title wave of emotion that is so strong, why is it so fickle? Again, I
say it is not. Love is a conscious effort to put another’s concerns, passions,
interests, and all around everything above your own.
Jesus said it this way, “No greater
love has a man than this that he lay down his life for his friends.” John
15:13 Love is sacrificial! Love is submissive! Love ignores self, and
gives all it is capable of giving! To fall out of love is simply a choice that
a person makes where they have decided to care more about their own well-being
than that of the other. It may be warranted, and have justifiable reasons, but
it is not love that failed, rather the person failed to continue to love. Our
world, and more importantly our Church, could do with a better understanding
that love comes by act of will.
Love takes intentional thought
filled action, not emotional response to stimulation. Here is a simple test. If
an action meets these four criteria, you can be sure it is love.
1. Is
what I am doing or about to do motivated primarily to benefit another?
2. Am
I more concerned about how I will look, by doing this or simply doing it for another?
3. You
do not feel like being supportive, and sacrificial, but you do anyways.
4. Am
I thinking of other ways to make this more about “you” than me.
God is Love, let us also be love.
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