Love that is radical is not fueled by passion by any means. You do not and cannot always "feel" like loving those that God has put in your life to love. The clockwork motion, the dedicated discipline of lavishing love upon one of God's children is one that is so counter-intuitive that Jesus had to present it as half of the greatest commandment because he probably knew that people would not take it seriously otherwise. As simple as it sounds it is probably the most neglected rule in my own heart. The reason being is that, well, I am a human being. Selfish from birth, looking out for my own best interest, even in the good things that I do there is still a huge stank of personal gain hovering over my deeds.
And yet, God redeems all of that. God can plant this radical love into our hearts. A love that is devoid of our manufactured passion and laden with mercy from an ethereal Being. One that we cannot explain or really even desire without our hearts being aligned with his. Our natural state does not want this love unless it is purely for ourselves. Like petulant children we hoard this love but God has a way of making us reach into our pockets and spill out what we were meant to share, anyway, even if we don't want to. God is such a good Father, so patient, so graceful. We don't even understand our sin most of the time but he is still changing us to get rid of our hidden toxic components, out of love and not annoyance, for the good of us and not the vindication of his name. I guess what I am trying to say is that He cares.
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