Hum . . . I'd like to talk with you more about being independent of people, or free from people, because I don't think I understand.
Still, I think you're right. In fact, that really loving people is the ultimate independence. That love is a matter of conscience, and that to love you are sufficient unto yourself (At least from other people. To really love is to rely infinitely on God.)
But . . . by loving people, do we enter into a kind of "membership" with them? By loving someone, I . . . I don't know . . . I think we have a kind of belonging to them . . . but only for us, not for them. (We belong to them, they do not have a claim upon us). See . . . I told you I didn't think I understood.
By being sufficient "in Christ" (one of Paul's favorite expressions) we love people independently, but by loving people we enter into a kind of "belonging" that is unbreakable. - In the sense that regardless of the beloved (I'm using this expression for convenience, meaning "one loved") you _do_ belong to the beloved. And that by loving them, in Christ, you are united with them and even though they may even hate you, yet you love them. Maybe. I don't know. I have too much to say and too few ideas.
A Year Of Questions is a project begun on March 22, 2010, by seven teens who want to be better at asking questions and articulating answers. This blog exists to make it easier to discuss these questions (because a 500 character limit on YouTube comments is rather limiting). Enjoy!
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Hum . . . I'd like to talk with you more about being independent of people, or free from people, because I don't think I understand.
Still, I think you're right. In fact, that really loving people is the ultimate independence. That love is a matter of conscience, and that to love you are sufficient unto yourself (At least from other people. To really love is to rely infinitely on God.)
But . . . by loving people, do we enter into a kind of "membership" with them? By loving someone, I . . . I don't know . . . I think we have a kind of belonging to them . . . but only for us, not for them. (We belong to them, they do not have a claim upon us). See . . . I told you I didn't think I understood.
By being sufficient "in Christ" (one of Paul's favorite expressions) we love people independently, but by loving people we enter into a kind of "belonging" that is unbreakable. - In the sense that regardless of the beloved (I'm using this expression for convenience, meaning "one loved") you _do_ belong to the beloved. And that by loving them, in Christ, you are united with them and even though they may even hate you, yet you love them. Maybe. I don't know. I have too much to say and too few ideas.
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