the dark truth
The dark truth is that we may praise love (or, more weakly, "benevolence" or "compassion"), and few people would refuse to do so when love is rightly understood. We may wish to be loving—to be kind and helpful in our relations to those near us. But we do not trust love, and we think it could easily ruin our carefully guarded hold on life. — Dallas Willard, Knowing Christ Today
3 comments:
I don't understand. Can you explain?
Love is "risky." It wills the good of another, sometimes at the expense of our comfort, or even at the expense of our life. To really love with agape love is extremely risky (even foolish) outside the Kingdom of God.
So, we might talk a good game about love, benevolence, or compassion... but often our expressions of "love" are carefully guarded so our disappointment or the cost won't be too much.
For example, its very easy to do Beautiful Day once a year (a compassion event)... much more costly to get involved in Kids Club (a benevolent service)... even more so to actually love those in need because it will certainly take more than a once a week endeavor and cost us dearly (to the point where we will be utterly dependent on God's care to make it through).
Thanks Ryan, that helped a lot.
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