Agape
So I heard this term “agape” in service on Sunday. I really liked it. I mean, I have heard it before. A long time ago I went to a Bible study because the guy was cute who asked me, and it was called Agape. So that is where I found out what it means. Agape is a greek word that implies sacrificial love, versus eros, which is erotic love, or philia which is brotherly love. And the word is used in the Bible in 1 John 4:8 where is says God is love, its says God is AGAPE. So this agape love is a self sacrificial love. See here if you want to read more. In the article it says “Sacrificial love is not based on a feeling, but a determined act of the will, a joyful resolve to put the welfare of others above our own.”
So I got the idea to change it from the Endure House to the Agape Endure House Project. Call me nuts. I just really felt like agape needs to be it. Maybe I should just call it the Agape Project, and make it go deeper than just a home, or a few homes. Maybe what it should be is something ingrained into the DNA of the church, that you open your homes up to others in need. Not just for a meal, not just for a night.
This is a huge undertaking. I don’t know how this will happen. I mean, how do you change the selfish people’s ideas so that they can be open to AGAPE? How do you ingrain it into their DNA when they can’t even help to tear the chairs down at church?
Know this, a revolution is coming.
I didn’t end up at the HUD conference with Sammy for nothing. What are you doing here God, what do you need me to do? I want to be a part of this.
But then sometimes I wonder if I am doing this so that I can control others. Am I doing this out of my co-dependent nature? Whenever I doubt myself, I know it must be Satan, because who is the father of doubt and lies?
If you want to change the world, you have to start by moving forward, right?
God, let me step down from playing you. Let me step aside so you can move. Let me step behind you because I want to be a part of you moving.
