Love and Some Verses
I hope I am not too focused on things. As a Christian, I should be someone who finds less value in materials and objects and more meaning in love. I think that maybe I connect the two too much. When I am feeling like having a good talk with God, it seems that I often get the urge to go shopping at Lifeway Christian book store. And that is a very particular example, but I think it shows me something. Certainly I crave being around other Christians and gaining knowledge, but I think part of me just wants something tangible- something that I can touch in my hand and look at. It is easy to examine that status of an object, but when it comes to evaluating a deep relationship, it is not so easy, especially when that relationship is not what you would want it to be.
As Christians, we are living in the truth. We do not follow Christ because it is easy, but rather because we love Him, and we see that He is what he claimed to be- the Life, the Way, and the Truth. We must be truthful with ourselves, and hopefully that will reflect in our relationships with others. I post these things because I feel the need to show people what I am struggling with, and also the things that I am learning. Real encouragement and understanding from others can only come from honesty, and certainly God can see us and our raw emotion.
Christianity, at its core, is all about love. He did this because He loved us. And we love because we were first loved. At the beginning of this year, I cannot say that I loved people like God calls us to. I was a self-proclaimed cynic. When I went on the trip to Camp Timberlee, the speaker spoke about love, and I saw the effects of what he said, deeply in my life. I returned to school that Monday with an intense and deep love for people. I felt like God was shoving people who needed to be loved in front of me. And I am seeing that everyday there is love to give and people to receive it. Without love, our faith is meaningless and bland, and we are walking on the path which will eventually take us back to the place where we were before, where trinkets and idolatry are the containers of our adoration.
As Christians, we are living in the truth. We do not follow Christ because it is easy, but rather because we love Him, and we see that He is what he claimed to be- the Life, the Way, and the Truth. We must be truthful with ourselves, and hopefully that will reflect in our relationships with others. I post these things because I feel the need to show people what I am struggling with, and also the things that I am learning. Real encouragement and understanding from others can only come from honesty, and certainly God can see us and our raw emotion.
Christianity, at its core, is all about love. He did this because He loved us. And we love because we were first loved. At the beginning of this year, I cannot say that I loved people like God calls us to. I was a self-proclaimed cynic. When I went on the trip to Camp Timberlee, the speaker spoke about love, and I saw the effects of what he said, deeply in my life. I returned to school that Monday with an intense and deep love for people. I felt like God was shoving people who needed to be loved in front of me. And I am seeing that everyday there is love to give and people to receive it. Without love, our faith is meaningless and bland, and we are walking on the path which will eventually take us back to the place where we were before, where trinkets and idolatry are the containers of our adoration.