Love Is Blind...Thursday

9/3/15

There are songs that say that love is blind. Some want to believe that while others say that this is pure nonsense. Why do people think that they have to prove themselves to others…to behave in such a way that others will think that they are good or even wonderful? So they work and work to show themselves in a favorable light. It is an impossible thing to achieve. If they work at it they will never have success. Because they do not understand this impossibility, they are doomed to failure. They live in a frustrating world of breakdown and disappointment.

We who know and love God…who are his children by our invitation to Him to be our Father…are blessed. We work to be our best because we love Him. It is not because we feel we need to win Him or earn His love. How wonderful to know that God loves us with an Agape love. That kind of love is pure and without requirements of behavior. It is defined as a love that is selfless, sacrificial, unconditional, the highest of the four types of love in the Bible. This Greek word and variations of it are found throughout the New Testament. Agape perfectly describes the kind of love Jesus Christ has for his Father and for his followers:

Whoever has my commands and keeps them
is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them. John 14:21

Now I am not saying it is a free ride no matter how badly we behave. What it is, however, is equivalent to the phrase. “Love is blind.” God loves us without conditions or expectations. I also am not saying that there are not consequences to unacceptable choices and actions. What I am saying is that God will work with any choice and turn it for good. His patience is beyond our understanding. His love is beyond our understanding. Everything about Him is beyond our understanding. That is why we need faith. We need to believe that God loves us, that this is agape love that causes Him to constantly have our best in His intentions.

WHY IS IT THAT WE SOMETIMES DO NOT
BELIEVE IT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND HANG ONTO IT?

Heavenly Father, I ask you to help all people to believe that you love them unconditionally. Help us to know that they do not have to earn your love. When they became one of your children through their invitation to be their Lord and Savior in the prayer of salvation they fell under your perfect umbrella of Agape love. Thank you Lord for this blessing. Amen.

Written by 
Corinne Mustafa