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Monday, May 23, 2005
Love Love Love
What do children think about love?
A recent e-mail claimed to have some honest answers. (Watch out! Parents and older sibs could be incriminated.)
John, age 9, says: "Love is like an avalanche where you have to run for your life."
Andrew, age 6: "One of the people has freckles, and so he finds somebody else who has freckles, too."
Mike, age 10: "On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
Carolyn, age 8: "My mother says to look for a man who is kind. That's what I'll do. I'll find somebody who's kinda tall and handsome."
Yesterday during worship I asked the kids how you know somebody loves you.
One said it's when they hug you. (Oohs and ahs around the room, seconding that emotion.) Another voted for when you get a present. A favorite meal. When they actually say "I love you."
So many ways to show that you love someone. Almost an infinite variety.
Aren't you glad that's so?
My short list includes:
*Holding your hand when you cross the street.
*Believing you when you're telling the truth, and knowing you well enough to have a hunch when you're not.
*Remembering your birthday with just the right card and gift.
*Putting down that fascinating book and really listening to what you want to say.
*Laughing at your jokes, even when they're not very funny.
*If you have to go to the hospital, sitting by your bed so you know you're not going through this thing alone.
In 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 St. Paul prayed for his friends that they'd try to get along together with God's kind of peace as their goal. He prayed they'd always greet each other with a warm embrace and a friendly smile.
And he prayed a triple blessing on them from God: That Jesus would look kindly on them. That God the Father would shower them with love. And that the Holy Spirit would join their hearts together.
Nice trinitarian theology there. But what I like best about it is the way knowing you're loved turns you into a new kind of lover. God loves Jesus, Jesus loves us, and the Spirit spreads that love all around.
How cool is that?
posted by Jack Buckley at
9:46 AM
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