St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that "Love is willing the good of the other as other." We live in a world that has seen a never-ending increase in suffering and despair. I believe with all of my soul that this is a direct effect of original sin and the ripples that it sends down through the times across every patch of earth inhabited by human beings.
But there is hope. God Himself comes to us as one of us to show the original design. We chose disobedience - Christ chose obedience to his Father and he chose to show us the face of love. Love can heal the broken world, but love is not a feeling. Love is an act of the will - choosing to "will the good" of everyone we encounter not because of what we can get out of it, or because it feels good or because we want them to treat us well. That is not, primarily, love at all. That's a form of selfishness... it is pride. I know it all too well, and I myself am on an ongoing journey with Christ toward a complete "metanoia" - back to the Author's original design for Mike.
On this little corner of the world-wide-web, I merely hope to share occasional insights, resources I've discovered that I'd like to share with you, and to connect with a world so desperately in need of the truth. Love is the key - but we must all take on the adventure of exploring real love each day - its nature, its demands of each one of us, and its power to transform the world. For, after all, God is love (1 John 4:8).
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