By
Ron Thomas
Love is an action, less an emotion (though
not necessarily unconnected). Love always seeks that which is best for the
other person, even if the other person does not see it or want it. What is best
for the other person can be drawn from two sources. This which originates in a
person or that which originates in God. If the former, look and see where this
has gotten us. We live in a society full of moral and emotional corruption.
Those who criticize the latter fail to see what love truly is and refuse to see
that the love of Gods is not the problem, only that people in their selfishness
have corrupted God's love for their own ends.
Love is frequently seen as an emotion that
allows the other person to be who they are, and while this may be an aspect of
love, it is not love. Would you allow a person to be who they are if they are
destructive to self, or others? Neither is love is an emotion that seeks to
satisfy self in earthly pleasures, though it is frequently used in that
context. That is nothing but hedonism, selfishness.
When you say, "I love you" - what
is it you mean? Perhaps you may have difficulty giving clarity to this. With
the Lord, there is no difficulty. What did He mean? “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not
perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, ESV).
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