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Loving
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‘Agape’ love is to be torally given
over to someone or something.
‘Agape’ love is lavished on others
without any thought of whether
they deserve or are worthy of the love.
It is unconditional love. It proceeds
from the one giving the love and not
from the attractiveness of the beloved. It
is a commitment, not a feeling.
We say we love our spouses, our
boyfriends or girlfriends, our kids, our
parents with this ‘Agape’ love.
Nevertheless, do we really? Do we really
love God with the same Agape love that
He loves us with or do we love with
conditional love? Want some examples?
Glad you asked! We often love “condi
tionally” without even knowing it.
One type of conditional love is the, “I
love you if” you do something love. This
turns into a manipulative love. Your
boyfriend gets angry because you will not
give in to his sexual desires. What he is say
ing is “I love you if you go to bed with me.”
Husbands and wives do this, while we may
not say these exact words we imply them by
our actions. “I love you if you get a better
job”, “I love you if you get us a bigger
house” “I love you if we take better vaca
tions,” “I love you if you stop doing this or
that.” We do this to God. As long as my
health is good, I am successful and all is well
in my life, I love you Lord! However, when
our boat gets rocked... watch out God! Our
“love” for God changes.
sometimes say is the “I love you because of
something” love. “I love you because you
are beautiful, because you are smart,
because you are popular, because you are
talented, etc.” We imply to our kids, “ love
you because you have good grades; you
excel in sports, or some other talent.” This
leads to fear and insecurity, because the one
being loved constandy has to live up to the
“because” expectation the one doing the
“loving” places on us. |am glad God is not
like that toward us.
So, where do we find this Agape love?
Where do we find as Paul calls it, “A more
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