Love is very risky business…
because it makes us vulnerable to hurt.
For those we love the most…
seem to hurt us the most deeply.
WHY, Is that?…
Why then do we choose to open-up
our arms, our hearts, our minds, our lives…
When we know full well, that along the path
we journey together…
love is going to blind-side us with pain?
We are going to be misunderstood, we are going to
be falsely accused, we are going to be tormented,
we are going to be mocked, we are going to have
our purpose questioned, our words spit-back in our
face, our love and friendship denied and ridiculed,
our faithfulness and commitment made suspect…
Does any of this sound even vaguely familiar?
It should! It does…
Yes, we love because Christ opened himself up
first to loving you…
He risked your rejection and your hurts…
He willingly made himself vulnerable to you…
And He did so, with arms wide open…
And heart exposed to being broken…
He allowed himself to be totally laid bare…
Because He felt YOU were worth it…after all!
… by Peggy Smith September 2010