Vulnerable Hearts
The power went out in my house at around 10:30 PM last night and I was in the middle of watching Something’s Got to Give. It was an okay movie…the one thing that it really hit me on was just how we have to be willing to be vulnerable and heart in order to be intimate with someone. (And by intimate, I mean both physically as well as emotionally.)
You have to be willing to take the chance to be hurt in order to experience love the way it was meant to be experienced. I look at Jesus’ life and this is the kind of love that he gave: he was willing to be rejected, hurt, and even forgotten for the chance to get to know us.
The last few days, I’ve been pondering why Jesus allowed Judas to be among is greatest disciples. If he knew that Judas was going to betray him, why didn’t he just dismiss him?
And I think the answer remains in love. That perhaps in order to show the world that his love was unconditional, he loved him and had him among his friends, even at the last supper.
He does this everyday with every person. He gives us all the chance to reject him. Sometimes, I do. Sometimes, I welcome him with open arms…
For this is love…