Rector’s Blog, Got To Get You Into My Life - The Rev. Philip DeVaul

I remember recently witnessing a friend of mine being painfully misunderstood, and I remember thinking if only the people who misunderstood her really knew her, they would love her too. How could they not? It's interesting though, this idea that loving someone is meant as a compliment. Love as seal of approval. As if the love we give someone is a sign that they are worth loving, that they have earned it, that their character has somehow merited our love. Even though that's almost never been our experience of love. People may earn our trust. People may earn our respect, our esteem, our appreciation. But our love works differently and we know it. It wasn't my trust the Beatles won over that day in the booth of that vaguely Hawaiian-themed restaurant. The phrase is to know them is to love them. But I think I've begun to believe the opposite. I think I believe now that to love someone is to know them. It is the Christian belief that God is love. Give Here or if you can't access the link, see it here: https://redeemercincy.tpsdb.com/Give/podcast