Some thoughts sparked by a recent conversation.
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” -C.S. Lewis
Love is a calculated risk. No matter what the relationship-romantic, close friend, family-both sides must accept the uncertainty of the human experience. Trust is therefore a foundational element of any loving relationship. Without trust, intimacy never really exists.
The same goes with our relationship with God. I see how I tend to shy away from giving my love completely to God, how I hold back because of my subconscious fear of risk. Denying Him that love, though, is a sure way to never fully realize the joy that God gives us through a relationship with Him. It's a calculated risk. When you factor in God's faithfulness, loving kindness, and selflessness, the answer seems pretty obvious. It's worth the risk.
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