Lover of lovers

[apothanein kerdos]

In a world where a mother can starve her own children, a father can abandon his family upon a whim, where the idea of a nuclear family is simply taught in textbooks, the idea of love is far away. It is so far away that often we forget what love is. We seek after this pure love, this seemingly elusive attention in the hopes that we can somehow obtain the unobtainable. Love for some is nothing more than an idea, a concept made by man. To others it is a state of being with emotional involvement. Yet to others it is a verb, a state of action. I cannot help but feel that all have missed the point of what love truly is. It is more than a card, a word, or a box of chocolates on a day designated for it. Love is a sacrifice. Love is forgoing your wants to bring about the wants and desires of others. Yet we miss this completely. We live in a world where murder, rape, and depression run amuck and our loving God seems to not care.

Is God all He is said to be or is He nothing more than an illusion? If God loves us why do bad things happen? I think we are looking at this through the wrong paradigm and asking the wrong question. If God loves us, then why do we not run to Him during times of pain? Pain is inevitable in a fallen world. Pain (evil) is an absence of good. We can measure good however evil is an immeasurable idea and concept. Thus in order for there to be evil there must be an absence of absolute goodness. In order to have choice, we must also have both, thus God must allow good to be absent at times so that evil can exist. With good and evil choice is created. Thus, since evil is now inevitable, why not run to a God that loves us when evil does occur?

Sometimes I feel so distant from the crucifixion story. I read about it and study it, I have even watched The Passion, yet it still feels distant. Will I ever on this earth be able to comprehend the vastness of this act? I am tired of comparisons that attempt to put God

[Guest mousiegurl69]

Hey SuperJew:

Very intrigueing thoughts here. I have been one who struggles with love. It's funny that if you can't open to being loved that you might have a warped sense of what love is. The world understands love through the eyes of their own understanding. Since we cannot see who God truely is it's not possible that we could ever know what true, pure, unadulterated love really is, or is it?

I've had similar thought to this and I agree with you. World forgive me the the day of Valentines means nothing to me. It's like Christmas. Most people can relax and be giving around those two weeks, but after the happy new years it's back to selfish ambitions. Most may not understand why true peace and love and freedom lie with God. I have come to believe that being a good example as a Christian means 90 percent example and 10 percent talk. I've learned through experiences that it's our walk that speaks.

To me love is a scary concept because my concept was of others controlling my every waking moment. Yet it wasn't entirely their doing. I thought if you loved someone you did everything they wanted. It's really hard to love ten people then who all want you to take different directions let me tell you. Love takes a stand on what is right, and acts on it no matter what anyone says.

God be blessed I'm still learning. Someday I will stand before that love and I'll be better equipped to take it all in. In the meantime, I press onword learning to be open to love and being open to recieve it.

Mousiegurl