04 November 2011

The Imago Dei – In All Mankind: Love


Greetings Dear Reader,

I find this such a simple thing.  We can anthropomorphize the rest of the creatures on our planet as much as we wish but love is unique to man.  Pets may be loyal and good to us but the relationship is conditional.  The desire to love and be loved abides in us all from birth.  This proceeds from God’s love for us and his desire for us to love him. 

It is of note that this is not physical or simply emotional love.  This is the love that reaches beyond self and unconditionally sees the beauty and value of others.  Love of this caliber seeks the greater good for others.  It puts the interests of others first.

We have this yearning to give and receive love because God loves us so deeply.  It may be that all proceeds from this place in us but without acknowledging God in the midst of it we lose focus on it.

I know I have done so many things to try and fill the void that only this kind of love can fill.  Anything else is false and does not work.  Everything about our image of God and his image within us can be answered by his love for us.  He is just, righteous, good, and holy but it is all communicated to us through his love for us.

So many things that happen are couched in the question “How could a loving God allow…?”  We question God’s love for us when things go wrong or are not as we think they should be but we are incensed when our love is questioned because of wrongs we do.  We question the love of God and yet he has imprinted us with the capacity to love so that he can draw us toward him. 

It is this love that pushes us to seek.  It is the hollow place that only love can fill that drives us toward others.  No matter what I use to falsely fill the void it remains empty until I fill it with the love that God holds for me.   

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."

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