Lately, I’ve noticed a number of people talking about how much they love others.
It reminds me of the “competition” you hear new couples play… “I love you.” “I love you more.” “No, I love you more.” “No, I love you more than that…”
But perhaps the sad side of this love fest is that I’m seeing two different kinds of love expressed.
One side says, “I love you so much I’m going to point out where you’re wrong so you can come clean, repent and get yourself right.”
The other side says, “I love you so much I’m going to ignore everything you’re doing wrong and accept you and everyone else.”
So while it seems that while everyone wants to love others — neither side has agreed upon a proper definition of love.
And to justify their behavior, one side points to Jesus calling out the wrongs of the religious pharisees of his day as the true example of love.
The other side points to Jesus choosing not to condemn the woman caught in adultery as a true example of love (John 8).
Quite an interesting contrast — both coming from stories about the same man.
I’m going to write more about this later but I want to hear thoughts from you — as Insurgents of Love…
How do you show love? How have people shown real love to you? How should we show love?