Love’s Limits – Life’s Constant Multiple Choice

Love means there’s no limit I won’t go to in order to please…

A. myself
B. God
C. others

Love means there’s no limit I won’t got to in order to do…

A. what others need me to do
B. what God wants me to do
C. A & B (or
A is B?)

Love means there’s no limit I won’t go to in order to prove I’m right…

A. to others
B. about others
C. before God for Christ’ sake

God set no limit to His love for us, even in sparing not His only begotten Son. The options listed for each of the items above illustrate some of the typical attitudes that we confront in ourselves daily. Are we really predisposed to gravitate toward one option more so than another? I would say most definitely but does that necessarily mean that we must act as we are predisposed to do?

I am persuaded, as scripture declares, that God has established our boundaries. I am also persuaded that within those boundaries are choices He sets before us. We must all accept the limits that God has established. We have no choice in that. Our predispositions, our weaknesses and tendencies all work against us but within those limits we must still find love’s boundaries and through faith seek the grace necessary to insure that we stay within them. This is the narrow way and we must find it ourselves. God will not force it upon us. Once we find that way we must set no limit to our efforts to remain on the path, knowing that few ever do.