its like a boy asking a girl to dance.

"If you have ever given yourself to someone and had your heart broken, you know how God feels. If you have ever given yourself to someone and found yourself waiting for their response, exposed and vulnerable, left hanging in the balance, you know hod God feels."

If God can continue to risk, then maybe we can too.
because love is risky for God too.

F E A R
its powerful.

we are almost controlled by our fears.

fear of taking a chance.
fear of risking.
fear of loosing.
fear of rejection.
fear of getting hurt.

"Love is giving away of power. When we love, we give the other person the power in the relationship. They can do what they choose. They can do what they like with our love. They can reject it, they can accept it, they can step toward us in gratitude and appreciation."

That means that you are not in control. You are giving them the control. Surrendering th desire to control them. It means trusting them.

What about healing? You have to go through it, you have to sift through the memories, the conversations, the sadness, the failure and misunderstanding. You must acknowledge them before you can heal.

What if you decide it isn't worth it, that the pain is too much, too much to handle. So you put up a wall around your heart. A wall that keeps everyone at a distance, including God, essentially.
But a decision to not risk again, is a decision to not love again.

"If she decides to love him, she runs the huge risk that she might have her heart broken.”

Our greatest wounds rarely come from strangers.
This is because the more we open ourselves up, the more vulnerable we are. We expose ourselves, we let them in. But the greater the risk, the more it hurts.

which is why love is risky.
which is a bit like a boy asking a girl to dance.

most of this comes from Rob Bell, by the way.