Tweets - April 5th - Love

Love is transformative, isn't it? If love isn't transformative, then it isn't love, but rather something else. I'm not big on associating human emotions with God (by labeling them as such), but what God displays to me and how God treats me appears to be what I would call "love".

"Love" is a label for empathy, uplifting, and overall decency and well-doing (treating others in ways you'd have them treat you). God has "loved" me more than I could ever love God. As such, I have been instructed on kindness and mercy from the first source.

I'll share a secret. About 3 years ago, I was sitting in my living room, and I let Christ know that I wanted to understand him better, I wanted to know who he is (as an individual). I've kept this secret because of how banal and cliched the response would be interpreted.

Immediately after I said those things to Christ - having ZERO idea of what response I'd receive (if any), I was overcome by this deep warm loving softness that echoed for the whole world (I have no true idea how to explain this).

It was incredible and memorable. In fact, before that happened, I hadn't associated "love" with God or Christ outside of poetic metaphors; certainly not love for the whole world.

At the time, though I certainly had faith in the power of God (according to my understanding), I still primarily walked by sight; and what I saw was God not loving the world. The way that God treats the world is no secret, in fact, it is quite obvious to child and adult alike.

I have since began to understand God's deep concern for justice and reparation - not in terms of money, but in terms of God repairing and rebuilding what God destroys (in such a way that the reasons why God destroyed the world in the first place will never occur again).

As one of the Jewish prophets said, "Distress will not rise up twice".

In order to save this world, God is taking the route of destroying it; giving humanity over to powerful rulers, distresses, ruthlessly violent enemies, and death.

How long this will go on, and to what degree, I don't know. But when all is said and done, you and your ancestors and your children will look back to the former world and say in one accord, "NEVER AGAIN!".

But this appears to be the generation of God's day; as the Jewish prophets used to say, "the day of Yahweh", "a day of deep darkness and not a ray of light".

Not only does this mean that those who walk with God will be forced to ascend (due to injustices leading to their deaths and then their salvation), but it also means Christ - my Counselor and Advisor - will descend.

It also means that God is willing to be found, after thousands of years of remaining hidden from the human race; God is willing to be found by those who can be saved on this side of the grave; God is willing to be found by those who will build the Garden and not seek to destroy it in order to save this world or even their own lives; God is willing to be found by those who will not grow weary of loving through deed. Distress will not rise up twice.