can you love someone without trusting them?
can you love God without trusting Him?
if i argue that i can love someone, like a child, but not trust them where does this lack of trust come from? well, it comes from a position of superiority--b/c i as the adult/parent knows better than the child. similar with a destructive habit in another person--i don’t trust them in that area b/c i know better. or perhaps they have hurt me and so i don't trust them b/c i know better--they may hurt me again.
so then it’s dangerous to say yes, i can love God without trusting Him. b/c following the above argument i would be saying i know better than God, which is impossible.
and then even when Jesus knew better, He often still trusted people (example of Judas), letting them hurt Him.
so moving to be more like Him i will love beyond trust for people, as well as love in trust Him...
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I agree. I have always thought that if I Cor 13 is the delineation of love, then love is more of a choice than anything else. If love is a choice it can be chose regardless of the character or choices of the beloved. God's love for us is a perfect example of love that is chosen in spite of the beloved, rather than in acceptance. God loved us while we were still in emnity to Him, and He loves us though we continue to be untrustworthy and rebeliouse people. If God can love those He cannot trust, I truly believe we are called to do the same, though certainly the "love suffers long" part will have to play in at that point.
ReplyDeletetrue. we had a good discussion tonight about that. i think the crux for me is that if someone says they do not trust me, i have a hard time believing they love me. i earnestly want to be a trustworthy person--even though i do know i fail.
ReplyDeletebut it is a good point, one we also discussed, that "love...chosen in spite of the beloved". i will never deserve His love, nor anyone else's.