Love

This is my first blog! Thanks to Jessica for starting the blogs back when I was in Basic Training. I'll be honest,.. I was quite hesitant to start a blog. I couldn't decide if it were for myself, for others to see my life, or to help people through the writings. I can't help but to think this is a bit narcissistic. Aside from that part of it, I want this to be a place where I can be 100% honest; rather my mood is happy, sad, artistic, thankful, or even delirious. Maybe someone could be helped or even amused through one of these emotions expressed in the future. People tell me I have lived an extraordinary life so far. There have been quite a few "less desirable" moments, but there have been many more incredible moments that God has blessed me with. Maybe God blessed me with both because sometimes those "less desirable" moments make you who you are. What a shame it would be if it were not somewhat documented. I will try my best to give you parts of my life before this point as well as in the present.

As for now, I will leave with a note I wrote before I left for Basic Training a year ago. Oh, maybe I forgot to mention that I am in the Army serving in Korea. I will explain that more in future blogs. This is a letter about my perspective on "love." I know... corny, but give it a chance.

Love...

Everybody in the world has their own viewpoint of love. Most would say that they know what true love is, and some go as far to say that they have shown true love. I beg to differ. We must define the word true before we can say that we have exuded true love. When I hear the word true, I think of these words… real, genuine, exact, precise, accurate, and here is the big one… PERFECT. So when we say that we are giving true love, what we are essentially saying is that we are giving perfect love. I believe this is impossible. Mankind is incapable of supplying perfect love. Only Christ can supply perfect love.
It has always been interesting to me when I hear people say that they are conveying perfect love. I wonder if they have completely thought through what they are actually saying. You may use the argument that if you know Christ, then you know perfect love. This is true; In Christ, you experience perfect love in its entirety. A love that is everlasting, infinite, and perfect. But do not be fooled into thinking you can exude this perfect love. This is what makes God who He is… His perfect love. Our love as humans is finite; which is what makes us who we are. Think of it like this; although we are sinners, we strive to be like Christ who is perfect. Although our love is finite, we strive for infinite love, which is the love of Christ.
This is not a discouragement but rather an encouragement. We are called to love. Even further, we are called to love as Christ loved us. If we make this our duty, then every fiber of our being should be striving for this perfect love. I thank all my brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers in Christ that have made every effort to exude this love of Christ. More importantly, I thank Jesus for giving me this type of love that I know without out any hesitation, is PERFECT.