Notes from an Anglo-American Man

How much do you love?
Just how far would you be willing to go for the people that you love? What depths would you be willing to go through for them?
Imagine for a second, if you will, that the man or woman that you are in love with has an incurable disease. Imagine that they will not get better, but that as time goes by they will only get worse.
Would you stay with them and help them through it, or would you leave?
Now I want you to imagine again, but this time I want you to imagine that you have never met them before, and that it is obvious that they will only deteriate. What would you do? Would you dismiss them out of hand or would you let love take a chance?
Any of you who know me, know that I’m in love with love. It is the most important thing to me, it penetrates all aspects of my life and it affects how I act and react to everything. So when I ask these questions it’s because I want you to think about it.
Now I want you to imagine that it’s you with the incurable disease.
We put so much emphasis on the physical stuff. So many people out there will never feel the true power of love, not just from us. But from God as well. For as much as I am in love with love, God is more in love with it, and as an extension of that us.
I know that as much as I love my sisters, and they are the single most important thing to me on this earth, God loves them more. I cannot even begin to fathom the depth of love that He has for them, and for me and for you.
We are that person with an incurable disease, we are imperfect creatures, who don’t deserve the love that God gives us. But He gives it anyway. While we were still sinners he sent His son for us. TO be a perfect sacrifice so that we might have a relationship with God, so that we might be able to feel and know His love.
It’s not about being a good person, no one I know fits that bill, it’s about accepting the relationship that He offers us.
So I ask you today, how much do you love? And how much do you want to be loved?
And most importantly are you willing to be loved by the most passionate of lovers, God, who made all of creation for us.