This Resurrection weekend (Good Friday, Resurrection Sunday, and the quiet day in-between) I read a devotional that shut down a popular cultural belief I held, which is “love don’t cost a thing”, but it does. We can look at Christ’s example and see that real love walks out what it represents. Jesus didn’t just come to earth to declare with words (sermons) His power, authority, and love for this world (the people therein). He showed this through action, laying down His life, and not just staying down, but rising with ALL power in His hands, so that humanity could be made free.
In my own personal walk (life) I am beginning to identify ways where I could better walk out the cost of love. Rather than spending much of my time in the comfort of my favorite alone space, I can sacrifice some personal time and check-in with others, maybe watch a movie or play a game of Skip-Bo or Speed. I could forfeit a Sunday afternoon nap and accept a dinner invitation from family or friends – This one is tough as sometimes I feel like Sunday evening is my prime recharge time before the work week starts back-up, but maybe the sacrifice of my alone time every now and then, for some relationship building would actually refresh me in a different, more quality way.
In addition to love costing some personal time, it can also cost the risk of letting your guard down and getting to know and be known by others in a deeper way. I know me and I am comfortable being alone, but people do need people. I am recognizing that need more and more as I am getting older. You can do life (mostly) alone, but I ask and have to get real with myself on whether I really want to…
So, I encourage you as I encourage me, to keep identifying and paying the cost of love. Its fruit (the result of love) shows the investment is worth it.
*Please note, the love referenced in this post is not primarily of the romantic kind, but of the 1 Corinthians 13:1 – 8a kind. 😊
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