Perfect Love

I have written about love before on here and I have said many things regarding the unconditional love of Christ. I think people struggle everyday with loving others (I know I do). Whether it is just me getting upset with others or my displeasure with the way people drive, think, or act. I get so frustrated with people and sometimes I say that I just downright hate people. Sometimes I think things would be easier if I could just avoid people on a daily basis because I like to think that they are the root of my problems. I know that occasionally I have problems because of other people but usually it is because I make something my problem or I blow something up (figuratively). I know there is plenty of room in my heart to grow and I think that I have a way to go before I can truly love others but I know that I am capable of it. If you ask any of my friends, they would more than likely tell you that I would go to any length for them and that is because I love them. When it comes to love, I have always and will always believe that a major component is that you would go to any length to make somebody happy. Sometimes it is not always beneficial for us to love because it can be painful at times (look at Christ on the cross), however, we see that sacrificial love is the idea of true love and it shows that no matter what you have to do, you will do it for the benefit of another. I firmly believe you can show love to others without knowing them or even having feelings for them. There is a big difference between loving someone and falling in love with them on a passionate level. God and Christ have exhibited both of those traits with us as humans, whether you choose to believe it or not is your own opinion. I think that God created us to exhibit both forms of love and we have distorted it because of the world that we have created for ourselves. We love many things but that is not true love, it is love of something, not love of a person or the expression of love. I think of things we love more of as a favorite rather than a love.

I have pretty much bared myself on here and I will say that I like some "chick flicks" and the other night I DID watch Beastly alone. One particular line stuck out to me, the main character Kyle states, "My dad always said, 'how much people like you is directly proportional to what you look like'.... They hated me." Kyle was considered the most popular person in school and the best looking but his personality sucked and he did not quite understand the notion that people talked behind his back and they did not like him because of the way that he treated those that were not as good looking or those who were, "losers." Love looks past the imperfections of a person and we see this in 1st Corinthians 13:10, "But when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears." Now this does not mean that you will find someone perfect, it means that when the right person comes along, nothing else matters, you deal with the flaws because all you can see is perfection. Now there are going to be bumps in the road and it is going to take work but when there are problems, it is the notion of perfection that drives you to see past the flaws and hardship. You battle for people that you love, you do whatever it takes to ensure their success and you try to drive them to the top. If you do not believe me then look at the words of God and Jesus in the Bible. There are mistakes almost from beginning to end in the Bible but God and Jesus see past that to push people towards perfection because they are able to exhibit unconditional love and never give up on those that they care most about (which is everyone). His pursuit of us is never ending and he will fight for us until our last breath is taken. My prayer is that I can find a way to love all people this way but until then, I will continue to love those that I already have in my life and the ones that are coming into my life that I feel I can love. I will probably never love everybody but I think that if I strive to and I can overcome some of my personal feelings, I can strive to and continue to work on it for a lifetime.

Thanks again for reading, it has been a great week and I have a somewhat long one ahead of me. I am leaving for Oklahoma on Monday morning and heading to Texas on Wednesday and then up to Manhattan sometime next weekend. I have some friends who need prayer, mostly health problems, if you could, please keep them in your prayers.

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson