I wanted to find the Torrey Pines High School Cross Country website, so I went onto google and typed that in. The first thing that came up was a wikipedia link about TP so I thought I'd click on it and see what the web had to say. Check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrey_Pines_High_School
And Irene, you were right about Rancho…
At church today, word was about love. It worked out kind of nicely cuz I actually spent a lot of time thinking about that last night. Listening to David made me realize that to be able to love God, we need to first know what love actually is.
At church they say love is the sacrifice Jesus made for us, and I agree it is, but that's only one kind of love, a love so deep that no one can fully understand it unless they first understand the love shared between people. It's like that saying, "You can't help others if you can't help yourself." Same goes for loving God. You can't love God unless you love yourself and love others. You have to build up to that perfect love.
So that leaves the question, what is the kind of love shared between people?
In 1 Corinthians 13 it spells out pretty clearly what love is. But those words, just like any others about love, are empty unless the reader can identify with it. I used to think that what was written in 1 Corinthians 13 was what I had to do to be loved, and I suppose that's still true, but during finals week, I realized that those are things to love, meaning that when it comes down to it, that chapter states what's worth loving.
True love is an emotional weight. A mixed feeling, if you will. It's a plethora of wonderful things, but there's also this pain that comes with it. It's the pain of being apart, the pain of knowing the other person isn't well, and the pain of not being able to put to words the feeling of love. Love is uplifting and it's a daily encouragement to be better.
Love is so much more than the physical. Love demands the mind and soul. It's a great demand and a hard one to fulfill, but one more rewarding anything else. From love stems all things great: forgiveness, grace, and mercy. None of those things can come from hate.
There was a song we sang today with a chorus that goes, "Would you take the place of this man? Would you take the nails from his hands?" Would you be able to love so deeply? Would you be able to raise love to that level of courage and sacrifice?
I wholly agree with today's message and with Abelard and Heloise and with Saint Augustine, that there's no one more worthy of our hearts than Christ. Perhaps when we finally get to understanding that kind of love, we'll be like Abelard and realize we had never really loved before after all, that we were just naive. If that's the case, then I'll take it. I'll be naive, because for me, I need this love to have the strength to pursue God's love.
Because it’s 1:30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. Because I miss him.
