(Photo credit: Marian Trinidad)
When I fall and fall and fall and fall again
You don’t give up on me
When just like Thomas I doubt your goodness
You continue showing it to me
When I’m like that little sheep that wandered away
You leave the rest to come and get me
Oh love, sweet sweet love
That’s love, sweet sweet love
True love, a love that’s greater than understanding
When I lack in faith and act in unbelief
Your faithfulness continues unto me
When I think I’m no good, and never will succeed
You don’t stop believing in me
When my heart is cold, and you seem so far away
Soon you show you never left me
What do you consider to be true love? I believe that the English language is very vague when it comes to ‘love’. One can easily say, “I love my husband/wife” and in the next breath say, “I love your dress”. Now I know that there are different types of love and I shared about them in a prior post here: https://stacilys.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/love/
This song, however, is based on Agape love, an unconditional, total commitment type of love. It doesn’t seek reward. It isn’t a selfish love. It is self-less and sacrificial. It is this type of love that I believe is God’s love toward me and all humanity. Being that I am a Christian, it is this type of love that continually draws me in and back to my God, to acceptance, to freedom and to wholeness. This song is a depiction of what I believe to be true love, freely given by an all-loving God through His son, Jesus Christ.
Back to you. What do you consider to be true love? Have you ever experienced this type of self-sacrificial love? Have you ever given it?
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