[Frodo]

I had to work today, and it was really slow, so I prayed a lot while I sat around. And this is what I was thinking about, so I thought I'd share it with you guys.

I think that a lot of people in this world think that the purpose for love is being loved. They don't really understand love, or they would know that the reason for it is more than that. I believe that one of the reasons we are here is so that we can learn to love as God loves. Yes, he wants us to be loved by others. But if that's all, then we've missed his plan for our lives. He wants us to ask him, "Jesus, teach me to love like you love." I was praying today, and I asked him to do that. But one thing I realized is that I will never be able to love perfectly. One thing that I struggle with in life is the desire to be perfect. I'm a major perfectionist and I hate the thought that I will never be perfect. I hate disappointing people. But I'm realizing more and more that as long as I'm following God as best as I can, I will never stop loving. Because part of following God is loving him, and others. And that is because he said "Anyone who says he loves God and hates his brother is a liar".
Anyway, I don't know if this makes sense to all of you. I guess it's just thoughts floating around in my head and I felt like I should post it on here. I hope this is encouraging to at least one person who reads it. Just remember that life isn't all about you being loved and feeling safe. You will feel much more secure when you too learn to love other people how God wants you too.

Peace In Him,

Amy

[mattslope]

I really struggle with loving people. I try to live up to patience, kindness, non-envy, etc. What I struggle with is not smooching other girls while "with" someone (some would replace "with" for "dating"). Dangit. I don't remember Paul writing about that specifically, but I can feel its wrongness.