A listener asks for Dr. Laura's definition of love and how it applies to those we share our lives with. Do we stop loving someone because they've become unloveable?
Stop telling people boundaries are for cattle. People have to have boundaries for things they will or will not tolerate. At one time I didn't set boundaries for myself and people ran all over me, used and abused me. Once I started start at setting boundaries for myself, my life in dealing with others improved tremendously.
If we are speaking of the term "agape" then it has to be understood that this word is essentially akin to the English "take care of" or "care for." In the Torah the decalog is summarized by "love" but its details describe duties, not feelings. Furthermore, one cannot easily think of an example in the New Testament where the command to love or the description of love does not involve action. (e.g. J 3:16 should be rendered "thus God loved the world that etc...") So what about the drunk aunt? A loving reaction is not unlike soem adult version what one might do with a misbehaving child (genuinely "for his own good").
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Thank you so much for this perspective
You are so welcome!
Thank you for speaking truth to us.
Love this video. So insightful. Are you related to the comedian Iliza Schlessinger? You look like her!
LOL, nope.
Stop telling people boundaries are for cattle. People have to have boundaries for things they will or will not tolerate. At one time I didn't set boundaries for myself and people ran all over me, used and abused me. Once I started start at setting boundaries for myself, my life in dealing with others improved tremendously.
I Love every one who does not care for me
If we are speaking of the term "agape" then it has to be understood that this word is essentially akin to the English "take care of" or "care for." In the Torah the decalog is summarized by "love" but its details describe duties, not feelings. Furthermore, one cannot easily think of an example in the New Testament where the command to love or the description of love does not involve action. (e.g. J 3:16 should be rendered "thus God loved the world that etc...") So what about the drunk aunt? A loving reaction is not unlike soem adult version what one might do with a misbehaving child (genuinely "for his own good").