Extravagant Love
There seems to be a limit to everything. I so quickly get to the bottom of the ice cream container and my checking account responds quite predictably to the purchases I make. I had a hospice client who would almost repetitively say “There’s a limit to it!” when describing the various ways in which her body was giving out.
Our bodies also seem to be limited, only lasting a certain period of time.
But is there truly a limit to everything? Is there a limit to love?
I know many people, myself included, that have been stomped on by love, shaped by people in their lives who have believed there was a limit to love. Parents who believed showing too much love would spoil their children, and more often parents, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands and wives that felt limited in their own abililty to give and receive love.
But there is no limit.
The scripture I’ll be preaching this week describes Mary Magdeline using precious aromatic oils to annoint the feet of Jesus while Judas Ascariot watches on saying, basically, “how wasteful!”
There is nothing wasteful about showing love. It’s the only thing that has no limit.
March 17 2010 | Eternal Life and Love | 4 Comments »
