It’s easy to subconsciously conclude that, since Jesus is unseeable, love for Jesus is probably unfeelable. The difference is understandable, of course. We don’t give a second thought to characterizing love primarily by feelings in our human relationships but, somehow, when it comes to Jesus, the definition shifts. Wouldn’t you want to say, “I didn’t ask you if you work hard for your husband. You’d want to punch me if I launched headlong into, “Of course I do! I cook for him every single day, I iron his shirts, gas up his car, drive right behind him in mine, and I do every single thing he tells me to do.” How about this one: “Beth, do you love your husband?” Let’s switch sides at the table and have you ask me a question. If you’re a mom and I ask you to describe your love for your children, your response would be incomplete without references to the feelings and emotions they stir up in you. If I ask you which of your friends you really like and which of your friends you truly love, you’d answer the latter with the names of those who draw the deepest affections from you. Set aside all the times we toss around the word love to convey how we feel about a movie or a meal and let’s limit it to the real thing. Is that fair enough? We know this instinctively with every other relationship in the human experience. Not every second of every minute, of course, but it has frequent enough feeling involved in it to characterize the whole attachment.
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