On Loving

"The difference between him and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe, while to him, make-believe and true were exactly the same thing. This sometimes troubled them, as when they had to make believe that they had their dinners. " - Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

How true is this when it comes to Christians and loving people?

We suck at loving people.

I'm learning so much, and all of a sudden, about how love is a practical thing and definately not just a feeling.

We say we love people but, like the poor lost boys in Peter Pan, their stomachs are still empty! They don't get any physical experience of it. It's just an idea. 

The thing about ideas, is that they are subjective. I say 'dancing'. You think about ballroom dancing. She thinks about dancing in a club. He thinks about a flashmob. She thinks about a father-daughter dance at a wedding. But we're all thinking about dancing! Even if you start giving specifics, people are still going to imagine it differently in their heads. 

Love is not supposed to be subjective. The bible (1 Corinthians 13) gives very clear specifications as to what love is. The only way we can know we are loving is by comparing our ACTIONS to those specifications.

So go love someone. For Real.