To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable, Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
He makes some interesting points in this quote. My Pastor spoke about love in a sermon last Sunday. Pastor Paul said (and again I may not get it word for word but the idea is there) Love in any context is a choice!!! Pretty powerful words but oh so true. I have believed this most of my life loving someone is a choice we make whether we "FEEL" it or not.
There are 4 types of love Storge love (affection) or brotherly love, believe it or not Merriam Webster could not find this word so I am winging it here on this. Storge is a love that family feels for each other or a brotherly, sisterly and so on type of love ( my kids could use some lessons on this) it is love that an be vulnerable according to C.S. Lewis. It is a love for those we are close to.
Philia or Friendship love the dictionary had a meaning for it but not one I want to share when thinking of friendship, so you can look it up if you like. C.S. Lewis stated (Philia love) Friendship a strong bond between two people who share common interests or activities. He also said that true friendships, like the friendship between David and Jonathan in the Bible, are almost a lost art. He expressed a strong dislike for how modern society ignores friendship. It is so easy to just throw a friendship away these days it is so hurtful and in my opinion throwing away a friendship on a whim is not a true one.
Eros romance the sense of being "in love" ahhh how we (girls at least) dream of that perfect love, the knight in shining armor the one perfect match for our heart. Again so many just throw it away and move on to the next. We must choose to love that man or woman even when we do not feel it or at times even like them. In my opinion if you can not commit don't get into it Vows should never be taken lightly.
Agape unconditional love According to C.S. Lewis is the love that brings forth caring regardless the circumstance, the type God has for us. Back to what my Pastor said God commands us to love Him.
God Never goes against His word. Some people feel that their feelings for Jesus can allow them to disregard God's commands, that is not real love. Loving the Lord compels us to keep His commands.
1 Corinthians 13:13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.
We have a free will God gave that to us it can be a blessing and a curse. Love is lived out one decision at a time. Love is a choice it is up to us to choose love over not loving at all. Nothing is ever easy no one ever said it would be but, with God all things are possible through prayer and simple choices but we need to let our thoughts and heart be in tune to God not ourselves.
There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'thy will be done', and those to whom God says, 'all right, then, have it your way'.
C.S. Lewis
free will blessing or curse if we choose to do our own thing our path will be longer and harder a lesson to be learned. Obey God's commands and love or don't you decide.
That's my thought for the day,
Peachy but still Crazy for Christmas
