From Boaz Ministries
Do we base our loving someone on how we feel? Remember, "feelings" are unreliable - subject to change from moment to moment. But what's at the core of the love we profess to have for one another? I pray it's not convenience, or desperation. That's not love at all - and will, in fact, morph into something else with someone else at the first opportunity. It is better to be alone than to inflict one's flighty (needy and shallow) self upon someone else, or to allow someone to do that to us.
Believers have the ultimate example of how to love. And one might say it's easy to love someone with whom we're romantically involved. But how deep do we go? Can we love even when we're not "liking" that person at the moment? "Yes" is the right answer. Love is constant, even if the circumstances are not currently what we'd like them to be. There is no such thing as "part-time love". That's some made up madness that people use to describe a messy lifestyle that glorifies lustful relationships; The enemy's counterfeit alternative for the ignorant.
The Psalmist, David, says this about the Lover of our very souls:
"Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"
Psalm 107:1 English Standard Version
When we plug into the Power Source - strong and steadfast loving becomes our way of life. How FIERCE is that?
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