The world says you are loved because of what you do. Jesus says you can now do all things because you are loved.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that love is not based on accomplishments but rather is an intrinsic gift that empowers us.
Timothy Keller's quote contrasts the world's perspective on love, which often ties it to our actions and achievements, with Jesus' message of unconditional love. According to this belief, our value and capabilities stem from being loved, suggesting that understanding love in this way frees individuals to pursue their potential without the burden of performance pressure.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a motivational speech about self-acceptance.
Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there.
Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.
All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.
I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.
The hardest times to choose love become the very times that you can most grow spiritually.
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem
Am I jealous? he thought, astonished. Jealous of the chance object to which she has attached herself? Jealous of something that does not concern me? One can be jealous of a love that has turned away, but not of that to which it has turned.
Now love's the only thing that's free /We must take it where it's found /Pretty soon it may be costly
Love thrives not in the heart that shadows dreadeth
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