37.  Crazy love.

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On the love of God: imagine the love of a parent for their child.  Not only do they want to express their love for that child, they also want to be loved in return.  They want to give lots of and beautiful things like security, support, allowances, house, hugs, etc.  But they do not want love for the gifts, they want love for the giver, rather they want to be loved for their love.  Same with god.  He gives us beautiful things (love itself, waterfalls, canyons, humanity, morality, support, etc). But we should remember to love him as well as the beautiful things.  This also means he wants us to seek him, seek opportunities to love him, seek opportunities to meet him.
The best of all of us is god shining through.  He gives us good things so we can remember to thank him for it, he gives us troubles so we can remember to rely on him and praise him through it.
The story of life in general is about god and his love for us, not about us.  As such Por loves should be about pointing out his love, not about out ability yo love.  He will last, we will not.  Point to what will last.
Be calm.  Worry less.  The most important part is that god loves me.  Not anything else, and I have that in the bag. We all do.  We just need to remember this.  Life is  short, live like you believe in heaven.
We pray for safety....but is it not better to pray for his glory from whatever happens to us?
One cannot gauge goodness by comparison to other people.  Por only accurate goodness gauge is god.  He is who we should strive to be like.  Better than our neighbor still is not good enough.
1 Corinthians 2-3 is just as good as 4-7
1 john 3:16-20: do not love with words or tongue about with actions and in truth.  If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother in need and does not help him how can the love of god be in him?
We are called to spend ourselves in service of others.  We are hands and feet, not just bags of money.
God invites us to test him in only one area - finances.  Give more than you can and see if he takes care of you.
Love your neighbor as yourself means more than I thought. It means what you want for yourself you want for them, what you don't want for yourself you don't want for them.
Love exercise.  Take "love is patient, love is kind" and replace all the "loves" with your name.  Are you lying ever?
Imagine that everyone you meet is Christ.  How would you act differently?  ('What you have done for the least of them you have done for me, what you have not done for them you have not done for me.")
The best part about us is god. He gives us blessing so we can thank him, he give us troubles so we can show the world we love him still.

The Story of life is gods. Not ours. We should live to extend his influence, not our own.   Our life is a vapor compared to his so we should use our life to reflect his.

Be calm. The most important thing in the world is that god loves me, and that's in the bag. Worry less. This life is less important than you think.  Live like you believe in heaven.

In the parable of the seeds and weeds, do not assume you are good soil. Most of us are weedy patches of crap. Thorns and weeds are anything that distracts us from god.