We began our time by talking about how flippantly we throw about the word "love" in our daily life. We say we love things like "chocolate" or "the color purple"; or places and things like "Cheesecake Factory" or "Brad Pitt." Yet, when we blurt this kind of thing out we rarely consider the weight of what we are saying. This is b/c, for the most part, our notion of love is so weak that we just assume that if we really like something we therefore "love" it. But this should not be so! We, as Christians, should of all people have a much higher view of love.
So, we decided to try and come up with a working idea or definition of love. Let me just say, we all fell woefully short of a good one. I then played for the students a song by a Christian hip-hop group, Mars Ill, called "Love's Not." It speaks about what love is by affirming what it's not. However, it's the last line, the one that proclaims what love is, that I think is absolutely beautiful.
"Love is blood and body, bread and water
remember the time,
Love is God divine,
crucified for mankind"
This is "love!" This is what the Scriptures say love is. It's not a feeling or fashion - it's Christ! Jesus is love personified. He is what defines love for us. As we discussed this, we looked at how this should affect how we love God and love others. This should also make us think twice about how easily we let the word "love" roll off our tongues.
From here we mulled over our need to properly love God and others. This is our call; it was how Jesus lived and how He calls us to live as well.
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