Greetings Dear Reader,
Let me first qualify what I am about to say. I am not going to be speaking of physical or
erotic love here. It may sound like it
at times but that is not my focus. That
it may sound like Eros contributes to the need to understand the intensity of
the love we are to have for each other.
Think about the driving force of love when it consumes
us. Consider how we shut out other
things to focus on love when we are pursuing someone with all our heart. Ponder all the literature, music, and energy
that gets put into defining and expressing love. This is something worth our attention.
We do not understand the height or depth of the love that
the Father has for us. His ultimate
statement of it is that he allowed Jesus to serve as the propitiation and
purgation of our sin. How much must
Jesus love us if he is willing to do this knowing that we will not think it
enough?
What he asks is that we love each other with the same level
of intensity. What we must do is
determine to follow him in the expression of the deep sacrificial love that we
find in him. We can choose to love
others with passionate intensity that considers their needs above our own. It is in this love that our faith allows us to
relegate our worries to the Father’s care so that we can server the need of our
fellow travelers to be loved.
In the heart of my life this is what I want to be for
everyone. I know that I fail. I make horrid choices at times that cause
pain for others. I must focus on the
eradication of those moments by being loving with a depth of passion that
stands out. My failures do not mean that
I do not love you Dear Reader. They mean
that I fail at showing it and I am still on the journey to perfecting it.
If I can deliver this intensity of love in every encounter,
I can avoid the failures that mark me at my worst. I can let go of pain and prevent
bitterness. I can follow Christ more
closely and perhaps allow him to see how much I love him. We cannot comprehend the depth and breadth of
Christ’s love but we can strive to give glimpses of it to everyone we
meet. It is really a matter of choice
and action.
Do not consider for a moment that I think I have a handle on
this. Rather, I am determined to become
it. I am going to attempt to seize each
moment and fill it with a passion for others that shows this love. It can only be the compound impact of moments
of love that changes me and hopefully benefits you. It is a matter of putting the noun and verb
together in that simple sentence: Love loves.
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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