"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." -John 3:16.
We discussed in class like C.S. Lewis discusses in "The Four Loves" that Eros is the most similar to Agape of all the forms of love. Most people who take time to consider this and perhaps read his book would agree quite easily, but many of them do not know from experience. I know from experience. Let me explain.
Rachael and I began dating on February 15, 2007. It didn't take long for us to realize how big our God was in our relationship. Providence that brought us together, for starters, but in those first few months i learned more about God than I ever have. For example, one of her favorite movie quotes is from Kevin Costner's Robin Hood, and it goes like this:
Marian: You came for me... you're alive...
Robin: I'd die for you.
Eventually, I came to feel the same way as Robin Hood, and then I thought of John 3:16, and how that is exactly what God did for us.It was a very big deal to be able to relate to who God is personally, and i consider it a huge gift to experience it personally. God would do anything for us, and that is his Agape love. I would do anything for Rachael, and that is Eros, planted in God's Agape.
P.S. I don't really like C.S. Lewis' choice to use 'Eros', since Eros was the Greek god of love, and he was all about sex, and not really about love. Oh well.
Friday, March 21, 2008
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