Friday, November 24, 2006
Miscellaneous Thoughts
Love is infinite. Yet, how well is it understood? How well do I understand it? How well do you understand it? The ultimate image has been set before us, but the mind doesn’t seem to comprehend, thus why it impacts over, and over again. If we could see a scale or a measure of the love we have, I wonder what that would look like in my life or yours. But since love is infinite, nobody would class anywhere on that scale because nobody’s love is infinite.
Times in life we can feel like we’ve got it all together, like we can see other people and their issues, struggles or problems and we don’t feel like we have any. But in time, flaws are revealed as (I believe) God wants to deal with them. But I see now just how many mistakes we make in one day. Just how ‘short’ we actually fall. How can you ever show anyone God’s love and any amount of depth to that if you haven’t seen it for yourself? If you haven’t needed a savior? That means you’ve got a few thorn bushes to walk through. At least for me, that statement holds truth. How can I see the extent of love if I feel that I’m worthy of it? It’s in those times you’re at your lowest of lows, rock bottom, naked, ashamed and unworthy, weighted and heavy, from issues, either what you’ve done or what you may have had happen to you. Everyone knows what pain feels like. I would fear for you if you hadn’t felt it before.
I’ve heard and read (and experienced) countless stories of someone (myself, included) who’s lost, corrupt and jaded, yet the love of God approaches and wants to take that away all because of love. It’s not until you experience it for yourself, in the shoes or bare feet of the naked soul, ashamed, weighted and burdened, distorted by life’s troubles, hurts and pains. It doesn’t necessarily mean your life has to walk through hell to see redemption but in same ways and some times… you do. Jesus did. Although, He walked through the worst so we don’t have to.
I find, at times, much knowledge in myself walking through certain circumstances but what good is knowledge without action? What good is knowledge over wisdom? I have a renewed understanding, if that’s safe to say, of how I need the strength of God in everything I do. To the extent that when I’m broken down, nothing left to offer or give, because I’m too weighted, too heavy, and God’s strength comes over me to help me ask him for help. I really am powerless. But once the word is applied with faith, it breeds life into the soul, that you never knew existed. Even reading these words can have no life or meaning to you but if you experience it for yourself… it’s life altering. If I learned about you or read about you, it doesn’t mean that I ‘know’ you, it just means I know ‘about’ you.
Think for a moment… that if God loves you as much as you believe He does or as much as He says He does… then… this entire world that He created (in only 7 days, mind you) and even if you look out your window to see what’s outside and let the beauty of nature get hold of you for the moment, you can feel something to it. Something in it. Chew on this…. That God made ALL of that, yet… loves you more. Values you more than the world he created. More than entire universe that he created. Just you. If nobody else existed on this planet but you, you would be the most prized possession – His best. In fact, right now, you ARE His best. His masterpiece. A work of art. That’s special, yet hard to understand. Especially because we’re not worth it. We don’t deserve that status. We don’t carry that worth. Nevertheless, we have it, through Christ, we have it. He made us, He called us worthy through His son, He loved us before He knew us, so therefore, our own opinions of each other and ourselves just don’t matter.
Labels: Misc Thoughts
// posted by JP @ 11:32 a.m. 
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awesome blog Josh, and thanks for the comments on mine. It is amazing...this unconditional love that I'm honestly just starting to understand...took me way too long...but i'm getting there. My unworthiness is the part that keeps me questioning...why God? why me? how!?...but you're right...my opinion, and the opinions of others, don't matter. great words man. Thanks for being such an awesome brother.
mmmm.... thats the beauty of life! Thats what love is!.... unconditional, never ceasing, unfathomable, perfect in every way! What an honor it is to be in Gods presence!
This is amazing...oh and by the way...that Love blog on mine...ya i wrote that...haha I will sign the bottom of the ones i write from now on, so you won't have to be in suspense...lol...God bless!!
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