Love (Part 1)

I once thought love was something that you felt when you saw a pretty girl. That thing your heart does when it seems to loose all sense of sensibility, and your mind devotes itself to thinking about that person. Then you kiss, which was gross.

Then I started to realise that love is bigger, because the Sunday school people said that God loved me. I didnt really want to love God the same way I would a girl, and I definitely didnt want to kiss him. So love must be more than just girls.

I then became great friends with another guy, and I didnt love him the same way I loved certain girls or the way I loved God. I loved him a different way. Like a brother. So love was even bigger.

Recently Ive realised that love is so huge Ill never understand it. I read the bible the other day, and its so full of love its hard to ignore it. Jesus was pretty good at loving people. He hung out with hookers and thieves. I dont even do that. I dont think many people do. Why not?

Sometime in the 1900s people started to decide that they were pretty cool. This thing called individualism started happening. People became selfish. People lost love. The church got involved in politics, and stopped being involved in love.

I believe God shows himself through our love. This is pretty concerning, because were lacking love. I mean, when was the last time you loved someone? When did you give your time up, your money up, when did you sacrifice something to show that you cared about someone? Christianity has become all about shouting at people to confess their sins, but thats stupid if you dont even care about who youre shouting at.

Thats why people think Christians are stupid and full of themselves. Because we are. We dont care about people. Sometimes well give some money to a kid in Africa for a goat, and thats all good, but wheres the sacrifice? Wheres the relationship? You can do that over the internet, in the comfort of your living room while watching MTV.

I read this thing the other day. When I read it I felt like someone had shot me in the stomach. Its a quote by an American pastor called Tony Campolo, who Ive never heard of before. Tony said this:

“I have three things Id like to say to you today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you dont give a shit. Whats worse is that youre most upset with the fact that I said shit than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night.”

Somethings wrong with our thinking. Something got messed up somewhere somehow. Go love someone. Show someone you care.