What is God’s relationship with us like? Here’s an immature, underdeveloped opinion from a twenty-one and a half year old, know-it-all, philosophy major.
I’m sure if I was a Scripture scholar I could cite you several passages that preach to the covenantal promise between God and His people. I could find a plethora of information speaking to the humble and gentle love of the Christ from the Gospels. I could find the renowned stories that the disciples of Jesus told after the meek and passionate self-giving of the God-man. Yadda, yadda, yadda. We’ve all been taught this in our Catholic schools. We’ve been instructed to regurgitate this information in our religion and theology classes. But what is God’s love?!? Let’s prayerfully try to dig down deep and figure out what the love of God is.
God loves you as if there were no one else to love.
Woah, baby. What’s that kind of lovin’ mean to you?
Oh, my roommate just drunkly puked all over my bed...I still love you as if you’re the only person in the world to love. Oh, all of my professors decide to make their papers due the exact same week...I still love them as if they’re each the only person in the world to love. Oh, you decided to cut my work hours down by half...I still love you as if you’re the only person in the world to love. Oh, you just ordered the death of 6 million Jews...I still love you as if you’re the only person in the world to love. Oh, you’re “just a lump of cells” in the womb that will grow to become a massive inconvenience in my life...I still love you as if you’re the only person in the world to love. Oh, you slept with my wife...I still love you as if you’re the only person in the world to love. Oh, you broke my little sister’s heart...I still love you as if you’re the only person in the world to love.
Yeah, that’s what God’s love looks like to me. It’s perfect. No matter what my offense is, perfect love is the response. Wrap your head around that one. If you haven’t dropped to your knees and smacked your face on the ground in veneration, complete awe, admiration, wonder, and reverence then you need to spend a couple more seconds reflecting. This thought is powerful enough to bring the most prideful to their knees. Take this thought seriously and your prayer life will be revolutionized. Let’s prayerfully take a look on the flip side of the coin now.
I am the drunken roommate that puked everywhere. I am the professor that makes my student’s life inconvenient. I am the boss that screwed my employee over because he really needs to make that payment but he can’t because I didn’t give him the hours. I’m the mass murderer, anti-Semite, the racist, the sexist, the gay-hater, the pervert. I am the mother who went into the abortion clinic last Saturday. I am the dude that slept with your wife. I am the high school boy with raging hormones that made your sister stay up all night crying because she found out my real motivations.
Yeah, that’s what my love for God looks like. No matter the amount of love I’m shown or given, I always, without fail screw it up. If this doesn’t make you question yourself and bring you to the brink of absolute despair then you need to spend a couple more seconds reflecting. This thought is powerful enough to bring tears the most prideful eyes.
This perfect love is perfectly calling us back in to perfectly consume us. The forgiveness and mercy that is derived from this love can be triumphant in our lives only when we decide to continually sprint back to it.
Prince of Perfect Love, be with me, hold me, carry me, heal me.
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