....baby don't hurt me
so, first off. rob bell is sick nasty.
i'm currently reading his book on spirituality + sexuality, entitled Sex God
i also just watched a lecture of his called everything is spiritual
the guy is deep.
but currently the thing i was reading about was love.
now, don't think i'm getting all mushy on you guys. this is the kind of love a man can have with his wife.
but this is also the love that God has with us.
Agape in the greek
unconditional love
"agape doesn't love somebody because they're worthy
agape makes them worthy by the strength and power of its love
agape doesn't love somebody because they're beautiful
agape loves in such a way that it makes them beautiful
there is love because, love in order to, love for the purpose of, and then there is love, period. agape doesn't need a reason."
so the only time i really can think of that i've actually had love like that for someone was this summer. there was this little girl, ranisha, who wanted so desperately to be loved by someone. after those few days i hung out with her at the boys and girls club i would have taken a bullet for her. she was the sweetest little girl that got picked on and teased and was basically an outcast. she had her flaws, she lashed out at the other kids cause they teased her. was very possessive of any attention other people got from people giving her attention. but i still would have done anything for her.
but that was only for a couple of days
so is that it?
in my 21 years of life i've had one time when i've been able to unconditionally love someone?
how do you live that out when it's more than just a few days?
how do you live that out when it's for life?
how do you love someone unconditionally even if they don't love you unconditionally back?
i guess God would know
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I love the reference at the beginning.
But I dunno if anyone can answer that question. Knowing me I would always wonder if I loved that person (as sibling or future wife) for some other reason. I don't think I would trust that I ever had a love similar to that.
I think my plan for now it just to love people as best I can, with as little desire for myself as possible, without denying who I am.
I have a few relationships I can't quite explain my feelings for. I care about them even when they push me away, even when they do things that have destroyed relationships in the past. But again, I keep looking for reasons, sometimes I find them, other times I don't, at least not right away.
I think this is where we just try to act like our Father.
If you ever figure it out let me know. :)
Dude we just had a panel on that last night....among other things. Can we as a fallen people truely have selfless love? (Stroke of the beard). The closest I've ever seen of this is in parents. But it really places your motives for just about everything in the hot seat. I suppose the only example we have of this is Jesus, and we're to strive for that regardless.
Here is an odd thought...
Are we supposed to love without personal motives?
Or are we just supposed to make sure our motives are honorable and be honest with ourselves what those motives are?
Or is that the first step towards the goal of the first?
a panel eh?
go on
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