It seems there is a lot in this world that pulls us away from love. But what is the opposite of love?
As one of my friends said to me recently the easy answer for this question is hate, but that is not truly the opposite of Love. He said the opposite of love is indifference. I believe he is right.
As the video below from Desperate Housewives shows, hate is not the opposite of love, because love like hate takes work, it takes commitment, it takes involvement. Indifference is a slide away from any commitment to the other. If I am indifferent towards you I do not care if you are well, or if you are hurting. I could not care less if you are in my life at all… Indifference is the place we can not be.
Some would say that fear is the opposite of love. And love can lead us to fear what might happen to those we love, but that is not the opposite of love. Fear is a byproduct of love, but a 1 John says, perfect love dispels fear. God has no fear in what will happen to us, as he already knows and loves us inspoute of how we will hate him and turn our backs on him. God is never indifferent to us. He always had and always will love us, but that does not mean there is not hardships or pruning. God loves us, but loves us enough to not leave us the way we are. He is always molding us into the person he calls us to be, the person his unfailing love is bringing us to be.
Live in the love that we have, because he first loved us, and share that love with others. Being the person to speak the words in truth to the person who is sinning and acting like nothing is happening. To the person who seems blind to the way they are headed. Love is kind and patient, but it is also something that can not let others destroy themselves. Love can be tough, as intervention, and helping others become who they can be. Love.
