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The Responsibility of Being Loved
I served on a corporate board with a strong Christian lady who testified that she grew up with friends who lived 'on the wild side.' Her sister advised her to avoid dangerous behavior fearing what her father would do to her. She responded, "I am not choosing against immorality because I am afraid of what he will do to me. But I am choosing because of what it would do to him. I know he truly loves me."
Another friend told how her mother died when she was a young child. Her relatives told her how much her mother regretted that she wouldn't live to see her grow up. They also told her that her mother lived in heaven and could see everything that she did. Not wanting to disappoint her mother she lived an almost exemplary life. She feared not living up to her mother's love. Children who are loved are less likely to get into serious trouble.
Couples living together without marriage will say "it's nobody�s business what two consenting adults do." This might be true if no one loved either one of them. They are not living up to the responsibility of being loved.
I went to Europe with a non-believing business associate whom I expected to be a philanderer. But in the entire trip he only talked of his wife and their love for each other. After attending a concert at La Scala his only remark was, "I wish she were here." His response to her love became his strength.
I have observed that those individuals who feel Christ's love are eager to obey His commandments. In Scripture it says, "if you love Me you will keep my commandments." It isn't in obedience that we know Him but we observe them because we know Him. It is our joy.
This week think about: 1) Who loves me? 2) How do I live out my responsibility? 3) What am I teaching my family about love?
