Jesus was born to show us perfect love.
Yesterday’s readings speak to God’s love for humanity and Jesus walking out that kind of love. In evangelical searches they point out it’s a specific Greek word “agape.” But I prefer CS Lewis’s word “charity.”
Probably one of the most formational books in my walk with God is CS Lewis’s The Four Loves. It’s a deep dive into all the things we mean when we say we love things. And Lewis tarries at each concept, reveling in the riches it brings but also, for most, the ultimate demise of that love when held out of balance with the Ultimate love: Charity.
Charity had most recently come to mean giving of resources to those in need (most often food, money or clothing). But this is NOT the heart of charity simply an expression of it.
You see we love beautiful things because we need to love beautiful things. We were designed to do it. It’s so obvious when you see the way the room turns at a beautiful woman or our eyes are drawn to the majesty of the night sky.
But Gods loves things because THEY NEED IT. It is a love for the benefit of the recipient. That is charity.
What a joy that is! That God loves us because we NEED LOVE. And the more desperate we are the more He gives.
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