#3 Love = Energy
You cannot really love without breaking a sweat. You can observe. You can enjoy. You can hope. You can like.
But you CANNOT LOVE with burning some calories.
Parable #1 :: Growing up on a farm, I once fell into a feed bin. I was too little/weak to crawl out myself. My dad lowered down a rope and – while standing 30 feet in the air on a sloped surface – pulled me out.
Parable #2 :: My wife and I have a friend. Her name is Catherine. She loves us. Loves us more than just saying “Hi” on our facebook walls. She drove 12 hours to hang out with us for 24 hours. Also, she MADE us a Christmas present.
Parable #3 :: God could have – in God’s power – snapped fingers, and made us perfect (and boring). God didn’t. Incarnation happened. God becomes man. God burnes some calories showing humanity how much God loves us. God gave time, sweat, and blood to show us how to love each other.
