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1 | can we love unconditionally ? | Eph 5:25 | Tim3:16 | 173812 | ||
Are we able to love one another unconditionally? Can we achieve agape love? I am just a working "stiff" (50 yrs old) but my pastor says in counseling sessions that our servanthood does not end at the end of our workday, we must continue to serve our spouse when we get home. I know that sometimes I am physically exhausted and unable to meet the demands of another, at least for a while. My fiance' sometimes drives a wedge into our godly relationship by comparing my love with the love that Christ Himself offers. She makes me feel deficient in love because my best is not good enough. This I feel is unfair because I know I will always fail at attempting to love her with God's agape love. Does the Bible command us to love one another with 100 percent 100 percent of the time? In His infailing love, Tim |
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2 | can we love unconditionally ? | Eph 5:25 | BradK | 173813 | ||
Hi Tim, It is indeed a tall order to love unconditionally. We cannot do it on own own power (2 Cor. 12:9). But, with Christ living in us, we can strive toward the mark. It is His love flowing through us that is agape love. Consider Eph. 5:25: "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her," How much did Christ love the church? He died for it (us)! Your love IS insufficient (as is hers). Remember that, "...when I am weak, then I am strong." Only Christ in you can love with total agape love! I believe it is in allowing the life of Christ to manifest itself through us, that we show Him (Gal. 2:20). I hope this helps, BradK |
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3 | can we love unconditionally ? | Eph 5:25 | eklektos | 173815 | ||
Tim, The answer from brother BradK is well given. In reading your question and the response from your pastor i.e. "we must continue to serve our spouse when we get home." A perplexing thought came to mind, and that is by your pastor using these words does he believe that you are married? I only ask this because in a following sentence you use the word fiancé. Are you living with your fiancé? Dear Tim, with all due respect, the comparing of you to Christ by your fiancé is in itself not loving. If she is looking for a human man that has no shortcomings, I do believe she is in for a disappointment. Moreover, your pastor is right about servant hood, but it goes both ways, it is also incumbent upon the wife or fiancé. Altogether Tim, this is not a counseling forum and we can only see one side of a story, no offense, so, we press on toward the mark of what we may become. (Jam 3:17)KJV But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. by Grace eklektos |
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4 | can we love unconditionally ? | Eph 5:25 | Tim3:16 | 173878 | ||
Thank you brother, you and Brad both answered quite well. To answer your curiosity, it was actually in pre-marriage counseling that the pastor gave me the directive to continue serving when I get home. I am in agreement, it would not make much sense to serve a boss all day long and be too tired to attend to my wife's needs when I get home. Sometimes though, I feel as if she expects a little too much, so I tell her she should be in anticipation, rather than expectation, -which was another counseling session from the same pastor. Thanks again and God bless |
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5 | can we love unconditionally ? | Eph 5:25 | eklektos | 173880 | ||
Dearest Tim, Thank you for the kind words. Sounds like you are getting a hold on things and I would say to you to keep seeking the Lord with all your heart. The shepard that God has put in charge of your congregation is there to feed His sheep. Keep up with your Bible studies and believe with all your heart that God WILL solve your concerns and enlighten you and your fiancé with the kind of love for each other that will become one flesh. Bless the Lord! (Pro 27:17) Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. (Pro 18:22) Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. eklektos |
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