OH geez...

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After Jesus' ressurection from death he appears to his disciples and present to them (we read in the gospel of John) a "new" theology...

"you must love one another as I have loved you..."

OH geez

Jesus' love includes big words like SACRIFICE UNCONDITIONAL UNLIMITED...

"you must love one another as I have loved you..."

SACRIFICE
UNCONDITIONAL
UNLIMITED


its difficult

a couple of months ago I sort of wondered about this type of Jesus love, being sooo totally different then the Hollywood "love" we get indoctrined by each day...boy meets girl...boy falls in love with girl...boy marries girl...and they live happily ever after...the end...

I asked God to teach me the true meaning of loving with a sacrificial unconditional unlimited heart...and I realized that God answers Truth based requests...and I learned that real love has nothing to do with "falling" and everything to do with "growing"...and I realized that it hurts like hell...

Jesus said he who loves his life shall loose it...

Jesus gave his life for the sake of love...

and I realize how challenging it is to surrender your life (your self, your hopes, your dreams, your opinions) in the name of love...

and I realize how hard you start to fight against the sacrificial unconditional unlimited...

and I realize how much it hurts to love someone who loves someone else...

and I realize how God must cry out to those He loves but who loves other gods...

was it William Shakespear who wrote: "the course of true love never did run smooth..."

Jesus told his disciples that they would be hated by the world but that if they kept their focus on him, joy and peace would flood out of them no matter what happened...

and I realized that I am trying to fight a battle all by myself,

so now I look up to the heavens, where shall my help come from?
my help comes from the Lord...

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