Love

 Love

I cannot believe that Mary likes that guy. He is self centered, inconsiderate, unfaithful and abusive to her.  Oh well, love is blind. 

The expression “love is blind” has been used since the early 1400’s when Geoffrey Chaucer introduced The Merchant’s Tale . Shakespeare used it in several of his works in the late 1500s and early 1600s. 

Blind love is not love at all. Love can disguise itself in many ways. Most of us have been bitten by those misguided love bugs. How did you feel after that bug bit you? When we were kids we had crushes on someone, and we got over those quickly. There were those puppy love experiences, and when those ended we thought our world was ending as well, but in time we found another love and all was good. As teenagers many of us found the love of our life. We wanted to be with that person forever, but in time we realized that we would not be together forever, and our hearts were broken. When a breakup happens in a marriage the result is devastating. Not only can love be blind, but it can be cruel. Very often the jilted partner is left wondering, “Can I ever trust love again.” 

That’s a good question. Can love be trusted? I believe there is a love that can always be trusted. There is a chapter in the Bible that speaks of this kind of love. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” I Corinthians 13

Love that never fails is the kind of love the world needs. We need to find someone who loves us with an unfailing love. That someone is Jesus. He loves us so much that he died for us. His desire is that not one person should perish. Jesus wants to change us so that we can be like him. When we are changed and made a new creature in Christ we will be a witness of his love. We will be completely humble and gentle; patient, treating one another in love and respect. We will make every effort to be united in his Spirit so that no matter what happens we are at peace with others and ourselves. 

If we trust Jesus, we trust love for Jesus is love. His love is not blind. Without the love of Jesus we have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal…but if we do not have love, we are nothing.