Does anyone out there remember this song? I looked it up and it was released in 1970 by Stephen Stills and became a number one hit. I used to make fun of it … I mean how pathetic can you get, saying, if you can’t have the person you really care for, just give up and love the one you’re with — any old person, it really doesn’t matter. However, thinking about it from a Christian perspective, isn’t this exactly the kind of preposterous love Jesus calls us to?
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy,’ But I say to you love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:43-48
We’re to practice agape love, the kind of love God shows to us and the rest of the world. So love your neighbors, love your enemies, love your coworkers, love your fellow church members,love those who are different and unlovable, the people who really annoy and irritate you and yes, love the one you’re with!
Lutheran Ladies Connection 