I used to have a time-measurement for love (i.e., "it's not love unless it lasts for a year"), but that only takes one aspect of love and misapplies it. You can worship an idol for your whole life, but it is still an idol. What is an idol? It is not alive, therefore non-relational. "God" can be an idol, but only if you do not know Him. That is the difference between our God and others: He makes Himself known, therefore He we can love Him. He is also the only one who can wholly love us, since He is the only on who wholly knows us.
Most of us don't even love ourselves, for our cheerful ignorance of our flaws causes us to idolize ourselves.
When it comes to loving others, our humanness (or pride) wants to fill in the gaps we don't know about our friends/family/ crushes, so that we can think we know/love someone, but we are only "in love" with the image we projected upon that person, which is idolatry.
By saying all of this, I don't mean to discount the love you have for someone you haven't seen in a long time. I don't wish to put an expiration date on love, but as humans we can change a lot in a short time, so if you go a while without talking to someone, it may end up that you are loving who they used to be, not who they are.
2 comments:
Hey this is a very interesting post, I am looking forward to future posts as well. Oh and btw, just so you know I won't use this to "secretly" get to know you. :)
And to think, I heard it before you wrote it. ;) Thanks for typing this, I may borrow it for a specific purpose soon.
~ J
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