His Law is Love
by Cheryl Carson
Learning to love is the most vital, yet, for some, the most difficult lesson in Christianity.
One woman wrote, "All of us have at least one person in our lives who needs love, even though they don't deserve it. We want to be able to love them, but we sometimes don't know how to go about it or how to get past the pain inflicted on us by that 'undeserving' person. Helpful solutions are needed in dealing with those people we consider 'albatrosses' in our lives."
Only love can destroy an enemy. Love is the one eternal, indestructible force for good. However, when love is conditional, it isn't love at all. Indeed the only way we can demonstrate true unconditional love when they don't deserve it! Perfection is in the love, not in the person being loved. God loves us, not because we're good, but because He's good.
We were born to love; it is in our very natures. It is only when we resist our natural inclination to love- when we implore the love of power rather than the power of love-that we experience turmoil in our relationships. Paradoxically, the less we try to control others, the more real influence we will have in their lives. We must give up all of our excuses not to love.
312 pages
Published: 1998
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