by Steve » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:05 pm
The conundrum is "Thou SHALT love thy God."
You are commanded to love, yet loving is not a willfull act.
I cannot choose who to love. So how to solve this problem?
Perhaps in the understanding that love is a connective force (glue, I say). Should I be aware of anothers love for me, and I remain open and don't close that off, how can I not be loving of the other who loves me?
So to recognize God's love, to be accepting of that love, is the start of loving God. Not objectifying God, but understanding that God's love is the basis of all love -beit for Mother, child, wife-then how can any love be more? Whatever I love is a reflection of God's love. I may love the child, but in truth it is just God's love reflecting through me.
s