Comments on: Committed to Love

By: societyvs

societyvs — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:47:20 +0000

That’s a really great message and list to check each time we deal with relationships with others (from spouse to neighbor). I think many of that is meant in the idea ‘love your neighbor as yourself’ (which also entails the view of how God loves you). I also keep a checklist like this with the way I treat other people – and I think everyone should so they self-regulate their actions towards others and live according to an idea (which is actually a law) – ‘love your neighbor as yourself’.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:27:31 +0000

Regarding dying to self – it has to be motivated by love – as a fruit or a symptom of the love we have inside . If we simply try to die to ourselves out of a sense of rule keeping or a detachment as the buddhists do, we miss the whole point of what the Bible says about love. I long to be filled with that extravagent love and I know I have at times had great revelation of God’s love for me that spills out to others….. but it’s hard to keep.

By: georgepadre

georgepadre — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:02:07 +0000

“I do, and I ask God to help and guide me.” (It will be Confirmation Sunday in many liturgical churches this week.)

By: nakedpastor

nakedpastor — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:26:01 +0000

I think you hit it on the head: if we die, these things are.