Hearing John 21:15 and onwards in Church, I started getting depressed. Do I love Christ?
I mean, I see the beauty in the world, feel his peace, want to me more like him, love to feel the Holy Spirit in me healing me, making me a better person.
But that's just all respect, admiration and gratitude. Is that Love?
I got onto thinking about the song Lord of the Dance and another particular part of the Sermon about how Christ is reflected in the people on the Earth, and how the people of the Earth are reflected in Christ. Someone reminded me about the goats and sheep story.
The way I think I got this sussed is as follows. It's difficult for me to love Christ in the traditional sense of say brotherly or fatherly love. But if I am even just 1% of what Christ is, then firstly I know that I would love him.
The other way I was thinking is that if he lives in me like I live in him, then if I love myself then I love him, and if I love him, then I love me. Its a sort of cyclical argument and the best I got.
Any help here?
I mean, I see the beauty in the world, feel his peace, want to me more like him, love to feel the Holy Spirit in me healing me, making me a better person.
But that's just all respect, admiration and gratitude. Is that Love?
I got onto thinking about the song Lord of the Dance and another particular part of the Sermon about how Christ is reflected in the people on the Earth, and how the people of the Earth are reflected in Christ. Someone reminded me about the goats and sheep story.
The way I think I got this sussed is as follows. It's difficult for me to love Christ in the traditional sense of say brotherly or fatherly love. But if I am even just 1% of what Christ is, then firstly I know that I would love him.
The other way I was thinking is that if he lives in me like I live in him, then if I love myself then I love him, and if I love him, then I love me. Its a sort of cyclical argument and the best I got.
Any help here?