tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462374405314500210.post6769404740125852869..comments2023-09-22T12:41:03.819-05:00Comments on make my words a wellspring: Perfect LoveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462374405314500210.post-61204046207523330212010-02-19T00:14:50.438-05:002010-02-19T00:14:50.438-05:00"I need Him to teach me to love people withou..."I need Him to teach me to love people without caring whether it ever benefits me. I want to be able to love simply for the sake of loving."<br /><br /> It's interesting to think about motivation when it comes to loving. I have struggled with myself over the very things you wrote about. "...love simply for the sake of loving." That's just it: the action ends of being the motivation. I have found that love, the ultimate motivation, inspires love. The more we do it, the more we desire to do it and the more that it does benefit us. I understand where you are coming from with "whether or not it benefits me" being that the love is selfless, but the truth is that even when we are not seeking our own we are still benefited by love. <br /> I am a person who appreciates logic. For a long time I have pondered how to create self-sustaining energy- something you can charge up once and let it run while it creates enough energy to power itself continually. The problem I run into is that it would be of no use if it were only creating enough energy to sustain itself. It may be an interesting paper weight, but it would serve no practical purpose. This is where love succeeds. Yes, love is the action, but also the motivation. Using love to serve others and yet being motivated by that very same expended force. It creates something very benefical, very practical, and something that honors God: committment, which in itself is a huge part of (if not synonymous with) love. Love powering love and as a byproduct... love, which is contageous- spreading and growing at an exponential rate. <br />Holly, you are in far too deep not experience all the joys of sactification in love. The desire to seek that path is written in red throughout each of your blogs.<br />In my opinion, loving in truth (both God and man) is the greatest expenditure of time, energy, and resources there is.<br /><br />Blessings Fellow Servant, 夏一鸣Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462374405314500210.post-76568886372250962322007-10-02T15:58:00.000-05:002007-10-02T15:58:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for your encouragement, too, Kat...Thank you so much for your encouragement, too, Kathleen! It's a blessing to know that some of the things I struggle with are things that other people can also relate to. ;) Looking forward to reading some of your Rebelution posts!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776301258587566661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462374405314500210.post-77164991768510313532007-09-30T20:56:00.000-05:002007-09-30T20:56:00.000-05:00Hi! You don't know me, but I was reading one of y...Hi! You don't know me, but I was reading one of your posts on the Rebelution blog (I just joined) and it so encouraged me that I checked out your blog. <BR/>This post really encouraged me! It is so true that when I fear what other people are thinking about me then it just shows me how little I love them like Christ would. It is very sombering. <BR/>So...I just wanted to say "thank you" for edifying another sister in Christ. (me! :) )<BR/>Kathleen ThomasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462374405314500210.post-21407630172526664492007-09-27T09:42:00.000-05:002007-09-27T09:42:00.000-05:00Wow, that was a great post! I too wish that I didn...Wow, that was a great post! I too wish that I didn't care what others thought about me, and could focus only on what the Lord thinks. So many times I want to do just that, but my flesh gets in the way, and I end up thinking "What would people think about me?" Who cares what "people" would think.... the important question is "What would God think?"<BR/><BR/>That post was a blessing to me! <BR/><BR/>I found your blog from a comment you left on another blog. Your blog is very nice. I plan on visiting often!! :)<BR/><BR/>~JessicaJessica https://www.blogger.com/profile/09805230550850536553noreply@blogger.com