What's Really Crazy About Love

Love is one of the most complex, unusual, confusing things in the world. Along with what trans fat is and whether or not Waldo actually wants to be found (I personally think he does). The simple fact is that none of us can survive on earth or beyond without love. I’m not going to delve into how important love is because I think most people value love more than anything in the world, whether they realize it or not. There are a lot of complex and crazy things about love. What else would cause someone to take a bullet for a man? Or run into a burning building to save a life? Or let bad things happen to good people? Aha…gotcha. 

It’s easy to see love in taking a bullet or running into a burning building. Where love isn’t so easy to see is in dark times. The less light there is, the harder it is to see love. Perhaps the single most asked and pondered question in religion today is “Why does he let bad things happen to people he loves”? I myself am not a parent. But I think Jesus-like unconditional love makes a little more sense once you have children and a family of your own. Even though I am not married or a father, I love my family and my friends greatly. I would die for them. 

What I have learned recently is that one of the craziest things about love doesn’t have anything to do with a mushy or gushy feeling. It doesn’t even have anything to do with taking a bullet. What’s crazy about love, is that it may not always seem like love. When our parents discipline us, it stinks at the time. It may always stink, but it was done out of love. When it comes to God’s love, it may not always be fun. It may hurt. It may stink at the time and it might even always stink. It might not ever make sense. Which is why it is so crazy! Because it doesn’t even seem like love! It may even seem like the opposite. 

The one who is doing the loving is the only one who knows the motive. God’s motive is for the good of those who love him. It takes a truly crazy person to realize that despite the bad things that are happening, God loves them like crazy.