Greetings Dear Reader,
We have all heard people say, “If it was easy everyone would
do it.” We do not consider how true this
is when it comes to loving others. The
cost is high. It is not easy. We do not come out even in the exchange.
The cost of loving others leads to the emptying of
self. It requires that we put our own
interests aside. It demands that we develop
a thicker skin without becoming hard-hearted.
It means that our wants are supplanted by the needs of others. It means that we may have to have faith and
patience for our own needs to be met.
The courage to love is not easy because it demands all of
us. We want to follow Christ but we do
not like the idea that it is all-consuming.
It requires us to lay down our lives and take up a cross. This is the ultimate expression of love. It is why it is not easy. We do not want to give up the life we
want. We do not desire to lose
everything to gain this one thing.
It is not easy. It
costs more than we are willing to pay.
It is, however, the one thing that gains us everything. Even that is a difficult wager. I must risk everything that I want to gain
that which is intangible. I must be at
peace with this. I must live this in every moment. It is not supposed to be easy because the
rewards are great. When others betray
me, it is worth it. When love is not reciprocated,
that is not the measure. When I am ill-used
or taken advantage of because of my love that does not justify abandoning love.
If I am to follow then my only abiding fuel is love. That is the reward and worth it at any
cost. It is not easy but great things
never are.
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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