1 John 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love
one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of
God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not
know God, because God is love.
In the
movie The Stepford Wives, the wives are continually ecstatic about sewing and
baking. When they get together, they mainly trade recipes or coo over their
latest triumphs in making their husbands’ lives more comfortably. They are
never unpleasant to anyone. A few of the wives remain on the individualistic
side, but they eventually leave for a “vacation,” and upon their return they
focus on cleaning floors just like the rest. The surprise of the movie is that
these women are all robots.
Conformity
to another’s wishes is not desirable, be it ever so perfect, if it is mindless
or purchased at the expense of freedom and the destruction of personality. The
freedom of God’s love is central to how we think about God’s relationship with
his human creation and about what his love for us means.
Think about this: When we are looking for answers or making tough decisions, the fact that we are created with free choice can feel like a burden. At this point in your life, how do you feel about the freedom God is giving you? We need to be careful that we do not take this freedom lightly or halfhearted. Responsibility comes with every decision and accountability is always the result.
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