I told you that I’m off on another plain today….I’m all off
in my dome and in my feelings and I am writing some of the very best stuff I’ve
written in a while.
We have bought into the misconception that love is this
rouge uncontrollable thing, that it's something that just falls from the sky
like an ACME anvil and it just happens to us; it's not something we control. Even
the language we use in describing and defining love implies the instability of
love. We say, "I fell in love," as if love is a giant
crevasse; imagine just walking along one day and bam! - I fell in love. I
couldn't help myself.
REAL TALK- that ain’t love. Love doesn't just fall from out
of nowhere and happen to you. Love is an applied choice and it represents a
commitment.
This may be a bit confusing but try to give this a little
extra thought, attraction is uncontrollable and arousal is uncontrollable. But
attraction and arousal are not love. They can lead to love, but they are not
love. Love is a conscious applied choice.
You must choose to love God; he won't force you to love him
(Deuteronomy 30:20). You can thumb your nose at God and go a totally different
way; He will continue to bless in order to get your attention. And this same
holds true about Earthly relationships: you can choose to love others, but God won't
force you to love anyone , but, if you happen to “fall” remember it’s as much
about the commitment as it is the connection.
