God's love is a costly love. It never takes the easy path away from relationships. Instead, it plots how to move toward other people. It thinks creatively of ways to surprise them with love.- Ed Welch, When People Are Big And God Is Small, p. 179
The path of God's love is not without suffering. In fact, those who love more will suffer more. Yet the path of God's love is a path that leaves us overflowing. Our cup cannot contain what God bestows on us. It is only natural, then, that the comfort we received from Christ will overflow into the lives of other people (2 Cor. 1:3-7). Our goal is to love people more than need them. We are overflowing pitchers, not leaky cups.
Who do you need to love right now in a way that probably will be costly to you?
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Who do I need to love in a way that is costly to me? Everyone with whom I cross paths, as much as it is humanly possible. (This is my aspiration, not what I always do, sadly-- but God is working on me!)
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