To love in a spousal way is to make a total gift of self. God is spousal (within the Trinity, His love for Israel, His love for the Church), and we are made in His image. We will only find the deep love we crave when we imitate His way of loving.
Yet, in our sin, we reserve this kind of love for ourselves. In our sin, we hate marriage for what it really is, though we pursue it in its appearance and perks. We want the engagement photos, the wedding party, the sex, the companionship on our terms. We don’t want to significantly share our time, money, emotions, and destiny.
To get what we really want—the deep, intimate connection of spousal love—we have to surrender and let go. We have to adjust our thinking from “me” to “we.” This is the exact opposite of the way sinners think.
Do we love in a Trinitarian way? Do we even want to?
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