Sunday, November 9, 2008

Love vs. false love

Love requires trust. But to prove that you trust false love will test you--often. False love will say to you, "Here tie this rope on and climb this 200 ft. cliff. Do not worry I am holding the other side and you will be safe. Trust me." So, you climb and when you look down false love has walked away from the rope. You feel fear and false love calls up, "Why are you afraid? Don't you trust me? How can we have a relationship if you aren't willing to trust me?" So you climb a little further and reach a hard part and begin to slip off the face of the rock. You call out to false love to save you. And false love says, "I'm coming! Fall slower so I have time to get the rope." You do not listen and fall quickly to the ground. Upon reaching your side false love looks at your injuries and says, "If you had trusted this never would have happened."

Love requires forgiveness. But false love will hurt you. That is false love's job. False love is required to lie and cheat and abuse and belittle and in general create opportunities for you to forgive. False love will say to you, " I am sorry that I walked away from the rope, but if you had told me that you needed me to hold it before you fell this never would have happened." False love is not required to forgive in return. Its purpose is to allow you the blessings of forgiveness.

I'd much rather experience Love than false love.

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