We Are to Follow
It's that simple... we are to follow Him.
Walk in his footsteps, be so close that our hearts beat as one...
Most of us walk through our lives relying on how much our own hearts can handle.
You fall hopelessly in love with somebody, and when you're apart from them for some time, or when you break up or whatever else comes down the road, you're reduced to nothing. You give your whole heart to somebody, and you're left with nothing. That is foolish behavior. I know, because I used to do it ALL the time, and it never got me anywhere but where I am now, and that is realising just how much of a waste of time it was to be so in love with somebody that I couldn't even stand to be without them for a couple days, let alone a week or two.
I'd be in a relationship in which I gave my whole heart to the person, and then they'd have a change of heart, and I'd become so depressed and just filled with sadness that at one point I was pretty set on the idea that I was going to kill myself.
That is the most clear proof that love can be the most dangerous thing you do to yourself.
I bet you're wondering how I could sit here and talk so bad about love, when it can obviously be a wonderful thing...
I'm not talking bad about love. I'm talking bad about ignorance of what true love is.
True love isn't being willing to do anything for the person, true love isn't being willing to die for them, true love isn't feeling like you know them better than anybody and finishing each others sentences - no, true love is seeing a person through God's eyes and loving them with GOD'S heart, NOT your own.
The reason for this is because while our hearts are frail and break easily, God's stands strong and will never break.
If you love somebody with the love of Christ, whether it be a friend or a romantic relationship, that is the most healthy, strong relationship you can possibly have.
God didn't create us to be so infatuated with each other that we begin to ignore Him... and in time, He'll take away these unhealthy relationships.
Could be in 4 months, could be in 40 years... and when the relationship finally ends, you come to the realization that you've just wasted all that time with the person for no reason, because it wasn't FOR GOD.
There are 3 things a relationship needs to succeed - A God seeking male, a God seeking female, and a forgiving, just, unconditionally loving Lord.
You just go ahead and try to make it work on your own, but without God there is no foundation for the relationship and as mean as it sounds, it WILL NOT LAST.
So ask yourself - are you so caught up in that other person that you can't get by their absence?
If so, you may need to remind yourself of the other part of the relationship that is ALWAYS with you... God.
posted by Nick @ 5:28 PM
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What is loving someone with God's heart? Falling hopelessly in love with Christ, I gave my whole heart to Him. True love--agape--God's love for me/the church..The willingness to do anything for me. He sent His only son, the most precious posession that He has..and gave Him to me..He loves me and knows me better than anyone else. I can't be without Him for a couple of days...Heck, not even a couple of seconds..That's how much my God loves me too. More than I can ever imagine..He tells us to love each other as Christ loves the church. He provided companionship for us..and made it in such a way that we have or should have or eventually will have a significant other, to mirror our relationship that we have with Him..Loving someone with all your heart, is a natural thing..That's the way God designed us and our emotions..It's not a waste of time..It's okay to feel as if you can't be without someone for a few hours..That's how love's supposed to be..That's how God made it and it's a wonderful experience to be madly crazy in love with someone. Where most of us fall short is when we expect Godliness from the other person in the relationship..When we put them in God's shoes and expect them to be what only God can be.That's when relationships fall apart when we realise that the other person cannot simply meet up with all our personal expectations and that they are indeed not perfect and that they will always fall short one way or another..I think realising that and loving someone despite of their shortcomings is how we love each other as God loves us..He loves me no matter what and nothing can change that. How do we know that it's really love and not just infatuation. I guess, that's when true spirituality and closeness to God comes in..The Holy Spirit prompting from within..God's wisdom in how to handle rejection and God's ultimate plan for our lives..Trusting in Him in all things.Turning to Him to heal our pains.. And realising that even if my heart got broken from a relationship gone wrong, that He'll still be there for me and that everything will work out in the end according to His plan. Yes, heartaches are inevitable in life..and there's not a chance of not being let down by someone. And we'll all probably at least once in our lives fall deeply for someone who we're not gonna be with in the end and we're gonna be heartbroken from it..Relationships with people should never shake our personal relationship with God..On Christ the MIGHTY rock I stand..He is mighty and stable and my relationship with God is not that easily shaken..ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND. There is comfort in the stability of God's love.
Personally, there are times when I really need Jon around. And I know that God provided him for me at times like that. It's not that I can't stand on my own feet with Christ holding me up.Cos that's how it is..I know that I turn to Christ when I'm at my lowest and He provides and allieviates my pain sometimes by using things and people around me..And many a times in the past four months, He's used Jon..It's not that I turn away from God and just depend on Jon..It's I know that God's loving me thru Jon or thru a friend who's there with me comforting with their words..Leaning on Jon sometimes, brings me even closer to God.Cos I realise that GOd's provided me with everything I need and that He's watching out for me..It humbles me and I am thankful to HIm for everything.I guess it's a constant state of consiousness and realization that God is always with me and that He will never leave me not forsake me that does the trick
Well Ruth it's pretty evident that you think my post was about you...
Just so you know, it wasn't, it was about another friend of mine that has basically fallen apart since the departure of the girl he's in love with to college...
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