God's relationship with us and with our world is just that: a relationship. As with every relationship, there's a certain amount of unpredictability, and the ever-present likelihood that you'll get hurt.
The hurt may prove the existence of emotion and sensitivity, but does it really validate the existence of Love?
The ultimate risk anyone ever takes is to love, for as C. S. Lewis says, "Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal." But God does give it, again and again, until He is literally bleeding from it all.
One question:
Have I bled yet?
xo
Excerpts from Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
So glad you found my blog and enjoyed it! I appreciate your kind comment. In Him, Derika @ The Great Pursuit
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