A friend of mine posted on her facebook status today with lyrics of Ke$ha’s song “your love is my drug.” And underneath those lyrics she writes, “preach it Ke$ha, preach it!” I thought about that and felt sad because our generation has no clue what love it these days. I have only seen a portion of the video of this song and that portion made me decide that I was not interested.
Love is a drug now. When did love become a drug? When did we lose sight of beautiful breathtaking love? The love that gives and continues giving not caring what it receives. Jesus’ love. That is love.
I picture my generation these days like a stubborn teenage child. God, our father, is constantly wooing us, begging us to come back to him. But no, we refuse His love because we have accepted the counterfeit. We listen to Lil’ Wayne, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga and they tell us love is always about self. Self satisfaction. Love is never about self. Love is selfless. Truly loving someone is giving of your time, your affection, and sharing your joy even when it is not appreciated. Love does not demand.
And so, we turn the dial on the radio, turn the volume up and scream our favorite songs thinking this is they type of love we want. This is the type of love we are looking for.
All the while I see God shaking His head saying “I can offer you real love. I can love you like you have never experienced. True love that always gives. It never takes advantage and it never demands anything love. Pure love that is selfless. That is beautiful. I can love you like that! Extravagantly.”
But, we shake our head and say, “No.I would rather the love that breaks me, that always demands, and is always selfish. I would rather have the bare minimum that this world has to offer.”
And He, because He loves us, lets us go. He does not force His love on us even though He knows it can make us whole. He waits, He woos us, and He asks again. And as many times as we say “No, we don’t choose you.” He asks us again because we are His bride and He is passionately in love with us. That is love.
wow, so good Vicky. "No, I would rather the love that breaks me..." mmmm...yeah wow. How many times we have said that. It's so true. I love how you put all of that. It's funny, how we can act so 'cool' and edgy independent, but by comparing love to a 'drug,' we are validating the very truth that says otherwise~ that we are SICK.
ReplyDeleteDespite the edgy fast-tempo music, the words scream out the truth in a subliminal desperation.
great. Now I'm going to have it stuck in my head ;)