Thursday, December 21, 2006

Giving (and Control), Part Tres

I'm going to (over)simplify this to make one quick point:

We believe certain things about Love, and we aim for them: Love is not love when you force someone to love you back, when it isn't freely given, when it isn't voluntary, or when it is coerced.



Why do we as Christians believe that giving is any different? Giving isn't really giving when we are forced to give, when we force someone to give back to us, when there are strings attached, or when we place demands on the receiver before we hand it over.

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