it's that time again...

i'm not in the position to say JACK about eros. Read Elizabeth Elliot and C.S. Lewis if you need help in that area. me, i know agape... i live by it. without this ironic attachment, i'd be non-existant for some 20 years now...

and heaven help me, i love valentine's day. a blinkin' whole day to be a sap. and red is a flattering color for most people. and chocolate to chemically fool you into thinking you just went running.... oooh what if you had chocolate, talked about love all day, went running and THEN wore red? you'd be high in the middle of February! andale! sorry. i actually wouldn't mind moving the holiday to april. i think it'd be easier to appreciate then. but i'm quite rambling now...

(don't mind me... i miss springtime.)

thought one:
some say that the image of God in man is LOVE rather than pure reason... (da, we can cheat and say it's both, resolve THAT little logical fallacy right there, but the implications are interesting)

thought two:
if you couldn't care less, if you are too busy to pay attention, if you ignore personhood because of your schedule...

[if i... if i... if i... my...]

what have you [i] to do with Jesus?

thought three:
Jesus... having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them until the end...
If anyone loves Me, he will keep my word, and My Father will love him and manifest Myself to him...
Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves has fulfilled the law...
Love hopes all things...
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith.
For we have great consolation and joy in your love...
For our God is a consuming fire. Let brotherly love continue.

now, my task is to learn that love is not mere "niceties" (is that really how it's spelled? looks weird...) hmmmm... i just have so many other priorities than people right now that niceties are about all i can manage... i don't dig it at all, either. dont' feel quite human. which is hard anytime, but especially in winter.

thought four:
"The truly wide taste in humanity will (...) find something to appreciate in the cross-section of humanity whom one has to meet everyday. In my experience, it is Affection that creates this taste, teaching us first to notice, then to endure, then to smile at, then to enjoy, and finally, to appreciate the people who happen to be there.

Made for us? Thank God, no.

They are themselves, odder than you could have believed and worth far more than you guessed."

~C.S. Lewis (who else?!) The Four Loves: Affection

So, don't worry about THE ONE. Go love whomever.