"We are here to love each other, serve each other, and uplift each other."
Tea has never been so honest! And it got me thinking about the idea of love.
Today love seems so temporary and disposable. I am just as bad as others at forgetting the meaning of love. We say I love this and I love that and I love you and I love pizza.... We have turned love into this temporary feeling or this temporary thought, when actually, love isn't temporary at all. Real love isn't at least.
Our model for love isn't supposed to be from this world, but the One who is love and created love. The Bible says that God is love, and it also says that love never fails, never falters or stumbles. It doesn't just go away some day when the lovey-dovey feeling is gone. That is because love isn't the emotion we think it is, but love is an act to be proven. It isn't based on our words, but our acts. The love we feel for one anyone is supposed to be an act of service and encouragement and patience and kindness to each other.
When God said He loved us, it wasn't only through words, but His acts. He came down and lowered Himself to be one of us, to die for us and redeem us from our own sins. He didn't have to do that, but He proved His love for us. And that love never fails.
I have been through many friendships and relationships where love was just this temporary statement. It was an "I will love you forever" with a side note of "but I might change my mind." And all the times love was promised to me but abandoned, it made me doubt that love was real at all. I still struggle with this, and I can only pray that God will help me along the way. But now I am understanding that love isn't this feeling we state out loud, but it's something that compels us to act in certain ways that prove our love. Just as Christ loved us and served and uplifted us, so should we to each other because of this love.
And this is what a simple pot of tea reminded me of.
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