Is Love a fuzzy feeling or is it devotion that leads one to love when no love is returned? Its so easy to love the loveable, but is not true love to love that which is unloveable, the one who rejects and pulls away the one who hates back instead of Loving?
As a teen I used to have a saying which was "I am above all women!" pretty bold and stupid as I don't have the right to assume anything above anyone else. As I grow older I am faced with many challenges that put these questions in my mind.
This past week Cecilia Yungs killer was sentenced and through the hurt and betrayal of their only child abducted and killed the parents have previously expressed forgiveness. Wow I consider things that have happened to me in the past and have seen how at times it ate at my very being at the anger of the injustice, and that in no way compared to the pain and hidious actions of this senseless murder.
What about women or men who undergo betrayal in the marriage? Is it not the Love spoken off in the marriage vows that allows such a spouse to forgive and trust that the marriage is worth saving. I have heard many women state that there is no way they could stay in a marriage if adultery had occured, is this not just one of the situations spoken off when we say "for better or worse"?
In the bible book of Hosea, God called him to marry a prostitute to help the prophets life signify what we ourselves do to our Maker. God in all his wisdom sent his only Son to die for our sins so we may attain eternal life and right standing with the Father. Though this gift must be received, God did not imply conditions on how big or little of a sinner you could be inable to accept, but rather all could.
As Jesus lay on the cross he looked up to heaven and stated "Father forgive them for they know not what they do" Luke 23: 34 as they rolled the dice to see who would get his clothes as he lay dying on the cross.
Now, that is real Love!
