Hell no... I am not known by my love for people. The other day I went to a new church. And we sang a song with the lyrics 'they will know that we are christians by our love.' That really got me thinking. Who knows that I am a Christian by my love? Half the time if I want someone to know who I apparantly live for I basically have to spell it out.
And I got to thinking about love. Why is it that its so hard for me to love others. God has so readily enabled me to love others. Yet I think that I am afraid to love. When you think about it, this isn't earthly love. This is deep, unconditional, unrestrained, raw love. The love that does not expect anything back. The love that just loves.
This kind of love opens us up to being hurt. To love this kind of love is to be vulnerable. And who in their right mind wants to be vulnerable? God is vulnerable. I guess vulnerable is a characteristic that God has that I have never really thought about before. But its true. Every minute he offers us this unconditional, free, raw love and yet we have the choice to accept this love.
I never usually make new years resolutions. As you can see I don't follow through on them seeing as I am not an 80 pound blond...one day. ha. But I to follow through with it this year. This is the year of love. To be loved and to love. This year I will choose to let God love me. And in turn I want to pass on that love. That is my prayer.
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