LOVE.
What does it mean?
What does it mean to live a life of love?
How does that look
Risk uncertainty... find out information to minimize risk... need to communicate... need to define...in turn they are safe
human beings like to form expectations and predictions... so they can predict behavior... its about safety...
Is safety what we strive for? It makes sense, yes. It minimizes the possibility for hurt.... but does it also minimize something else? The X factor... maybe spontaneity, fun, the wild side of life? We can't control everything, should we try to control anything? Is defining, predicting, expecting another way we try to excercise power over relationships... to try to take control over our own lives... to not let God lead?
Power. This is a funny thing I have come to realize... is any power good power? The ability to have influence. Influence. Why does this sound negative? It kind of goes straight to free will, is influence effecting another persons free will ... is that what makes it bad? I kind of think yes. Why should I (or anyone) affect another persons free will. Hmmmmmmmm I don't know.
What about me? How do I ever know God's will and how can i suceed my power to him, let go, give him control, follow and not lead?
Small Group Book- ""For us to discern God's purpose, we must be convinced that what God wills for us is the best thing that could possibly happen to us under any circumstance; we must remember that agape love is our primary calling; and we must be certain that the Holy Spirit will help us know God's will in any situation, revealed to us as we need it and as we are able to respond"
How cool is that? the best thing that could possibly happen... that is pretty POWERfull... interesting play on words. Anyways, if God's will is the BEST then why would we ever want anything different? Living a life of love... "God's purpose is always agape love-- not the fulfillment of our perceived needs at the expense of others, but the fulfillment of others' truest needs despite the cost to us." How do I live like this? In a world so focused on the individual, in a world focused on success, power, money... this is the ultimate challenge.... To live a life of life! How does this manifest itself in my life? How can it be applied?
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