Love Will Get In Your Face When It Has To...

I was meant to continue sharing my thoughts on pornography today, but I had an experience last night, which has prompted me to do this post.

I goofed yesterday at work… I gave money to someone who I shouldn’t have, and I lost that money in the most stupid circumstance you could ever think off. Love was mad at me… really mad at me. She spoke to me like I was a child, and like a child I sat quietly and took my tongue-lashing. From the conversation, if she had her way, she would have spanked the living blue-black out of me.

Then I began to think… Love has the right to be angry with you when you goof. Be wise enough not to contend with that right... Submit to your chastisement. It's called "Love saving your life".

I felt very strongly about this statement that I shared it on facebook, and one of my friends commented thus “*hahahahahahaha* yeah! Love saving your life, but how it’s done is also very important. Trust me”.

This comment got me thinking again, about how defensive and self-preserving we get when we are on the receiving end of chastisement, which we all give with all vehemence when we are not the ones on the receiving end.

So, in response to that comment I said…

Love will not chop off your hand in the name of chastisement; love will not call you names or insult you in order to save your life. If one believes that he or she is truly loved, then the how is not, and should not the focus per se. Submission says, “You are right. I goofed and I am sorry about how it has affected you”. Pride says “Ok… I goofed, but is that why you are talking to me like that? I have said I am sorry! What else do you want?”

Even when submission does not like the pattern of correction, it takes the correction and waits for the right time to lovingly address the pattern.

Love will also look out for you… Love will never give up on you… And love will always get in your face when it has do things in your best interest, especially when it comes to saving you from yourself. So always remember, love gets in your face, because you are truly loved.

Blessings and more

SHALOM