examples, please
2006-11-25 00:46:45 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Love asks for nothing.
A long time ago I thought that love was something that you reserved for some special set of people that you had judged worthy of it.
After a while I got to thinking about what Jesus had said about turning the other cheek and loving our neighbor I put the two together and realized that he had made no exceptions in these statements. It became obvious to me that he intended that we exclude no one from the love that we are supposed to be giving. I started thinking about my idea of love and suddenly realized that I had not been loving anyone at all. I had simply been judging everyone and every thing.
Judging someone worthy of love is not love, it is only judgment. I actually started to cry when I realized this. I saw just how much of my life I had wasted being judgmental, thinking of myself as a Christian, when I was actually doing just the opposite of what Jesus had asked us to do.
I thought about the verse judge not lest ye be judged, and I understood it for the first time.
I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. So many opportunities were wasted. I now try to apply the love that I have for the world in a universal way like Jesus asks us to do.
If I start to feel afraid and think that I see someone that I should not love because of something I have thought or heard I try to catch my mistake as soon as possible. I tell myself that I have forgot the truth and have fallen for the same old trick that had cost me so many opportunities to be loving in the past. The horror of this realization is often all that is necessary to bring me back to my senses and make me drop the judgmental nonsense I was thinking.
I still have a lot to learn about love, but at least I’m making progress.
Love and blessings
Your brother
don
2006-11-25 00:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
look if both of you really love each other you would sacrifice a lot of things for the person you love. example i dont have. but im saying this from my own instincts
2006-11-25 09:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I love, truly & deeply love, I sacrifice, but it never feels like sacrifice. I have a very treasured Friend who is the brightest star in my galaxy...and to help this person out in whatever is needed, I have sacrificed time, money, energy, and other things even while I knew I should be doing certain things for myself & my own peace of mind. But again, it never feels like sacrifice--in fact, it's a great honour to me to be able to do these things for someone I care so deeply about.
2006-11-25 09:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Blooming Sufi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one could have said it better than Don H. What a great post.
He did sacrifice. He sacrificed his own sense of right and wrong and laid it at the feet of Jesus.
A great example for every Christian.
2006-11-25 08:59:50 · answer #4 · answered by nancy jo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True love demands the sacrifice of control. If you truly love someone you equally want the best for them and desire to be with them. The sacrifice of love is always assuming that what is best for them does not necessarily include you.
2006-11-25 09:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by johnatplayct 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
everyone does to a certain extent. I have given up money, a home, personal possessions, changed my personal Religious Belief System, because when one loves they put the wants, needs and desires of others ahead of their own -- at least to a certain extent.
2006-11-25 08:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://360.yahoo.com/my_profile-dnikU1YldKspwS9Kl6qgiZtxsqNXEm7Q_ggZAXEBvcz2CA--;_ylt=A86.OFUwTGhFxqQAFgK0AOJ3?cq=1
I won't give you a full story on me.It is what we have to do it is between us and God.That men(women included) are included is beside the point.It is the way we struggle with God.
2006-11-25 09:02:33 · answer #7 · answered by Tommy G. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus sure did! He sacrificed his life here on earth to save us from our sins b/c of his awesome love for us.
2006-11-25 09:03:42 · answer #8 · answered by OnFireForJesus! 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I have given up home , land, money, financial security, pets, people I loved.
It was all worth it !
2006-11-25 08:50:46 · answer #9 · answered by bookfreak2day 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
parting part of my money for my parents
2006-11-25 09:01:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes...examples? well, do it..do not say it...
2006-11-25 08:49:47 · answer #11 · answered by alexjem 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋