crucified to set me free

These are the final words to a song called “Under Pressure” by David Bowie:

Can’t we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can’t we give love that one more chance?
Why can’t we give love give love give love?
Give love give love give love give love give love

Cause love’s such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves

This is our last dance
This is ourselves under pressure
Under pressure

Under Pressure

These words make me think big time. when was the last time a big celebrity thought about someone other than themselves?? i mean really!! to me, even when they do like philanthropic work, it is still to get their name out there. but he’s right: love dares us to change our ways and think about OTHERS!! this also ties into “what sarah said” by DCFC when that song talks about “love is watching someone die” which could be true but Christ tells us straight up in John 15:13 (and surrounding) that love is giving up your life for a friend.

when loving another human this entails working for what is best for them. not what you want or think you need or even what they want but what they NEED.

and when loving God this means obeying His commandments. how does this tie into “laying down your life”? well obviously Luke 14:33 says that we must give everything up for our Lord. so giving up what you want your life to look like is dying to yourself and taking up the cross of Jesus Christ = loving Him. and he says that in this way we are loving Him, by keeping His commandments. and yet, the greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, strength, mind. that’s some wholistic theology for you.

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