Convenience. Comfort. Safety.

I am convinced that none of these have to do with love.

Real love, unconditional love is always disruptive, always sacrificial and rarely convenient.

Sometimes my life gets interrupted-- moments where my true character is revealed.  Love does not tend to ooze out of me at these intersections of Faith and schedule.  When I get squeezed, my character tends to exhibit anger, impatience, & lack of self-control.

I think about the massive inconvenience it must have been for King Jesus to leave Heaven to become the son of peasants; the discomfort He endured to be ridiculed, mocked, tortured; the risk He initiated to love me when I was far from lovable.

His love is always sacrificial and never conditional.

I often wonder & wrestle with this question... how can I call myself a follower of Jesus when at times my life is not reflective of His?

Jesus, destroy the arrogance in my heart that feels entitled to convenience, comfort, & safety. Work in me, remake me so that in all things you may be glorified. Help me love others with the same love that you have given to me.  Make me a person who freely offers real love, unconditional love that is always disruptive, always sacrificial and rarely convenient. Amen & amen.