HAPPY MONDAY!
A friend’s conversation brings us today’s word-of-the-week…
BUT
“We’re supposed to love everyone, aren’t we?”
“Yes, but…”
“I don’t think we can add a ‘but…’.”
As I understand it, the conversation pretty much died at that point.
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When it comes to stuff like love, grace, and forgiveness, there’s no such thing as a “but….” And if you’re like me, that’s tough to get your heart around.
I don’t want the cold-hearted serial child molester to receive salvation and have his sins wiped away when he accepts Jesus. I really don’t want to love the person unconditionally who does things or holds views with which I strongly disagree.
Every bit of logic screams that some cases demand a “but…”
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:32-36)
Jesus proposed a different sort of logic, one in which there’s no such thing as “love, but….”
It’s Monday. What would happen if we all found places where we put strings on love and worked to remove them?
No more “love, but….” Just love.
Have a great week.
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