Real Love.

What does it mean to really love someone?

I am not talking about the romantic, let's go on a date kind of love, I am talking about the love that ties people together. The kind of love you give to strangers. The kind of love that you give to people who are hard to love. The kind of love you struggle with showing. Real Love.

I am a christian. I am friends with christians, and yet sometimes I feel like we dont love others this way. This real love that I am talking about. We are so content with loving each other that we forget that we are called to love not just our friends, but others who need real love. We talk so much talk about how great we are, and how much we love to reach out of our friendship group, but are we really doing it? As christians, we arent called to be content, we are asked to become fishers of men! God tells us to sit with the sinners and tax collectors, to hang out with lowest of lows.

So who are you hanging out with? Seriously think about it. In the span of a week, who do you have  lunch with? who are studying with? who do you talk to on a regular basis? My guess is your friends. Im not saying this is horrible, it is great to be with people who care about you and push you towards Christ, but how different would it look for us to love a different kind of people?

Matthew 5:44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
I am called to love people who dont love me back. God doesn't ask us to love our enemies, he tells us to. And not just our enemies, but people who are hard to love. Think about someone you have a hard time loving. What would it look like to love that person differently? To show them this real love that we are so enticed by. The love that we are shown through Christ.

I dont know about you, but the thought of not showing real love to people makes me feel so convicted.
So, who are you really loving?