Could you be loved

Monday, February 9, 2009

love: unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another.

If part of the definition of love is to be unselfish, is it possible for a human to be unselfish? If we are always selfish, can humans ever truly love? Obviously we can’t to the level of God, but can we at a level right below him? I can do the loyalty and even the benevolence, but the unselfishness is where I get stuck. You can have loyalty and benevolence while still being selfish. It makes me sad to think that the majority of the time, my love is probably selfish. Maybe I’m being to hard on myself, but it’s hard for me to imagine myself completely separated from selfishness. Pride and selfishness are the sins that I absolutely hate the most. And I want to destroy satan for that.