I love you because I hate you.  

Posted by: Elise Mason in , , ,

Jesus commands us to "Love one another"
but knowing as he must
the different people, different world views that were present even BEFORE his death,
 wouldn't a better commandment be
"try your hardest to be nice to each other, your all you've got"?

Its impossible to love everyone, theres just too many people,
and besides,
their all WRONG-
WRONG theology, WRONG dress style, WRONG personality,
the idea of a heaven populated by THOSE people sounds more like hell
when we're together we don't want peace, we want to KILL them!
but...
Love is not always getting along or always agreeing,
its not flowers when your sick or cards on your birthday.
it is, in its purest form, a sacrificial giving of ourselves,
it is breaking MY self and MY will against yours,
putting YOUR wants and needs above my own and doing so freely,
by choice.

Its easy to do this with someone like you,
someone you like,
or someone who already loves you,
but the greatest triumph isn't in hugging a teddy bear, but a grizzly.
Actively loving those who go against us is so hard, so terrifying,
that most of us might rather have the bear.
There is a reason I used the word "breaking"
this thing, which we are commanded to do,
can break our will, and our pride,
but it can also break our hearts, our backs, and if we aren't careful, our self-esteem.

Jesus displayed his love in an all encompassing manner at the cross,
before that, love was easy,
walking with humanity and healing the multitudes was nothing compared to the ultimate breaking that he would be called to suffer.

"And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt."- Mark 14:35-36 (King James Version)


"And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground."- Luke 22:44 (King James Version)


But it didn't pass from him
and he gave himself-
the ultimate sacrifice, the ultimate display of love.

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