It’s
like pulling teeth to get most any of my confirmation kids to answer any
questions.
And
if they do answer?
It’s
usually: soccer.
Which
as you might imagine,
has
nothing to do with what we are talking about.
So,
instead of getting nowhere but soccer,
I
like to have them ask me questions.
The
challenge is fun
and
it get their minds going too.
My
absolute favorite question that I've ever been asked by a confirmation kid was:
If
God is all-loving then why does He expect me to be so perfect all the time?
I
love this question.
It
challenging
and
that’s awesome.
My
answer?
All-loving.
Okay,
so love.
Nothing
but love.
He
can only love.
He
can do nothing but love.
He does not do what He hates.
Love
has this connotation of
pretty
pink flowers,
unicorns,
rainbows,
and
happy
happy
happy.
Fluffy,
mushy,
gushy,
lovey-dovey,
and
if it feels good, do it!
Tolerance.
Lukewarm.
And
that’s where the problem comes in.
This
is what we think of love.
And
if this is what we think of love,
then
of course the Father is demanding.
If
love means unicorns,
then
what the Father asks of us
is
evil unicorns.
If
love means tolerance,
then
what the Father asks of us
is
ridiculous;
I
should be allowed to do whatever I feel like.
But
love isn’t unicorns
or
tolerance.
Love
is
challenge,
change,
patient,
kind,
giving
of yourself,
God,
the
crucifix.
Love
is supposed to challenge.
God
does call us to perfection.
Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 5:48
But
it is because His love
is
a love that challenges.
A
love that changes.
It
is not a lukewarm love
or
a stagnant love,
or
a stinkin’ unicorn love.
If
we don’t understand love as it was meant to be understood,
then
we will perceive the way the God loves us as a wrong form of love.
If
we change the way we view love,
if
we see love as it was originally intended to be seen,
then
we understand the love that the Father truly has for us.
See what love that Father has bestowed on us that we
may be called children of God.
1 John 3:1
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