"If we want the advantages of love, then we must be willing to take the risks of love. And that requires vulnerability. Of course, we can refuse this path and trod another one devoid of openness. But the toll on such a road is extremely high." - Chuck Swindoll
John 13:34-35 (NET) “I give you a new commandment – to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples –have love for one another.”
There are certain things that make me give a quote, a write up or an article on love my approval and that makes me want to share it with the world. When I find inspiring and God-breathed writs, I do want to share them with as many people as possible because it's a delight for me to see the truth being told. I have come to realize that God wired me to derive pleasure from seeing people understand the truth about love. C.S Lewis once said that to love is to be vulnerable and it's almost exactly what today's quote says. First of all, what does it mean to be vulnerable? The word vulnerable simply means to be opened to being attacked emotionally or physically. Now trust me, not many people want to be that open because of what might happen to them if they take such a position. But to be honest, this is what having to truly love others means.
For instance, we see how Jesus lived His life. He had a great love for the people He died for. At different occasions He healed the sick on the Sabbath knowing fully well that it would cause an uproar from the teachers of the law, yet that didn't deter him. He went on and on putting the interest of others before His not minding how much torture the religious leaders who hated Him would unleash on him if they had the chance to, and it actually happened that they eventually had their chance and they did the worst they could do. My point is that Jesus made Himself vulnerable because of love for hurting humanity. Today a lot of people are scarred of being tortured; they do not want to suffer anything and so they keep themselves from loving others. Since they know loving will cost them something, they're not ready to love. They act like emotionless people who have an iron will all because of past hurtful experiences they've had. A true lover of people steps out of his own comfort zone. What's more important to Him is God's applause, not man's applause.
When Jesus left His heavenly majesty behind in order to get on the same level with you and me, He was making Himself vulnerable. The lack of appreciation from man for who He was and what He had sacrificed didn't make Him change and withdraw His love. Things such as these are the things that have made so many retreat and draw back into a state of selfishness, self pity and nonchalant attitudes, forgetting that life itself is about taking risks, and so also it is with love. When you truly love you stand the risk of not being appreciated in one way or the other. Loving is risky but it's a risk God tells us to take. So, step out boldly in your relationship and love with all your heart as Jesus did. There are no victories in life without overcoming challenges. Just because you got it wrong at first doesn't mean you're still going to get it wrong again. What matters most is your ability to acquire and yield yourself to the right knowledge about true love. The application comes before reaping it's good benefits. This acquiring and yielding to the right knowledge only happens by deliberately soaking yourself in the Word of truth.
Here at LOVE ISSUES, upholding the life of true love no matter the cost is both our pleasure and our endeavour. We are certain that as we keep doing this and we keep helping others have this mind, people will get to appreciate their own lives much more and they'll be instruments of great change all over the World.
Keep Loving, Keep Living................LOVE ISSUES
@Bibilovejunkie
lovejunkiebibi@gmail.com
No comments:
Post a Comment