God’s relationship with us and with our world is just that: a relationship. As with every relationship, there’s a certain amount of unpredictability, and the ever-present likelihood that you’ll get hurt. The ultimate risk anyone ever takes is to love, for as C. S. Lewis says, “Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.” But God does give it, again and again and again, until he is literally bleeding from it all. God’s willingness to risk is just astounding—far beyond what any of us would do were we in his position.
(Wild at Heart
, 32)
Questions
1. Are you reluctant to give/recieve love because of past hurts? What would happen if God operated that way with us?
2. Are you withholding love from your spouse or children because of an underlying fear fo being rejected or disappointed?
3. What happens to people who won't take the risk involved with loving other people?
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