I want to love well today June 25,2012

I want to love well today. In delays in international airports, I realized how finite my love is. I try to love on my own strength and fall flat on my face. I am so selfish in my love. I love when it’s easy, when people are likeable and like-minded. Even worse, when I muster up love for those who are irritable, I do so with pride. I want to love genuinely—because my perfect Christ loves me and loves others perfectly in my place. I want to “love my neighbor as myself”, like lewis says, when I truly love myself as much as my neighbor. I know that I can’t do this. Love must be genuine, not contrived. A cheesy movie quote, from Dan In Real Life, states that “love is not a feeling, it’s an ability”. While that can be laughed off, I think there’s truth in that. True and pure love isn’t simply an emotion, it’s a choice, an ability, if you will. As we grow in Christ and let His love pour through us it’s his supreme ability that comes in and gives us the ability to love genuinely.