Sunday, September 8, 2013

"Every aspect of Wesley’s relentless focus on an individual’s holiness was for the purpose of making that individual an agent of perfect love to those around him or her." I love the connection stated between holiness and love. These concepts are unmistakably connected; I don't believe one can exist without the other. Sure, there are the world's definitions of love: sexuality, passion, having someone make you "feel good", but these are fleeting at best. True, perfect love comes from a unique connection to loving God with our inmost being, and loving others in response to our love for God. In doing this, we are able to live our lives in love the way God is calling us to, no longer thinking about our own needs and feelings, but thinking about other people as well. This is the perfect love God is calling us to.

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