the sermon this sunday touched upon love and mercy... how we are made
in the image of God, and so therefore we seek out someone, an
individual, to be the object of our love, beyond the love we have with
our parents. we are unworthy of perfect love, and so therefore being the chosen object of the
Lord's love is the ultimate form of mercy, undeserved love. As
I was sitting in church, the sermon got me reflecting on my own life...
I was thinking about how I do desire for a recipient of my love... in some
ways I feel like I need that object to receive my love in order to fill
fulfilled... strange, i know, but true... you know?! and I kept
thinking about the *opportunities* i have had with people for them to be
recipients of my love. as i am learning this lesson, i slowly come to understand more
deeply how the Lord wants to be this object of my love. my focus should be on serving the Lord's appettite and building the Kingdom, rather than satisfying my immediate fleshly desires. To be effective for the Lord means that my personal agenda should be on the back burner. By showing others love out of mercy and not for recognition or rewards is loving the Lord Himself.