Love is about sacrifice not a feeling

February 25, 2010

The title of this blog alone has tremendous depth. Allow me to unpack it. In American culture love, for the most part, is considered to be a feeling or feelings that we have for a significant other. When that feeling fades we drift away from the one that we "love" until we find someone else that makes us "feel" again. Love was never meant to work in this manner. Ephesians 5:25 says, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." Jesus was denounced by Peter and deserted by many of his disciples on the night of his arrest. For him, the feeling had to go away, yet he still lay his very life down for the ones that he loved, and no greater love has ever been demonstrated save through this one moment in time.

Christians, we to are called to love in this manner. Our husbands, wives, friends, and even our enemies. This is a love that we have to grasp and transfer in this hour of difficulty. To lay down our selfish, ungrateful, ways and go back to the cross where we are taught what love is.

While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. While we continue to sin, Christ continues to forgive. Let us seek to love with his love, and be loved by him.