Have you ever had to literally turn your lover over to your mortal enemy so that she could really discover what his true intentions were? Have you ever had to lie in bed knowing she believed his lies and was sleeping with him every night? Have you ever sat hopelessly in a parking lot, while your enemy and his friends took turns raping your lover even as you sat nearby, unable to win her heart enough so she would trust you to rescue her? Have you ever called this one you had loved for so long, even the day after her rape, and asked her if she was ready to come back to you only to have her say she was still captured by your enemy? Have you ever watched your lover’s beauty slowly diminish and fade in a haze of alcohol, drugs, occult practices, immorality and infant sacrifice until she is no longer recognizable in body and soul? Have you ever loved one so much that you even sent your only son to talk with her about your love for her, knowing he will be killed by her? All this and more God has endured because of his refusal to stop loving us.
- John Eldredge, The Sacred Romance
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Love
We as Christians spend so much time arguing/debating over doctrine, worship, motives, personalities, and judging others. Why do we focus on our differences rather than celebrate what we have in common - Christ?
The greatest command is love your God, and next is love your neighbor.
I have been praying for God to allow me to see others as He sees them, rather than the judgemental way that I often view others.
As a friend of mine said, "We spend so much time arguing theology and doctrine and baptism and speaking in tongues when we ought to be banding togethers as brothers, journeyers, and discovering and inventing ways to reach out to the lost and loveless in their plight." I expanded on that a little bit, but there's core truth right there, I believe.
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