The True Heart of Love

This is a portion of John Michael Talbot's "Reflections on the Gospels" from
Luke 9:43-45.

A heart of love... is a heart of mystery. It lives by dying for those it
loves. It is glorified in being humbled for those it loves. It is given
abundant wealth by becoming poor so that those it loves might share in its
wealth. These things are all paradoxes. They are all mystery. Yet they all
boldly and clearly proclaim the truth of God's love. This love was most
clearly revealed in the death of God's Son, Jesus the Christ.

Do we understand this mystery, or do we still seek a Messiah who will come
in pragmatic, worldly victory? Do we really seek the action of the Spirit in
our life so we might understand this mystery? Do we really allow ourselves
to be daily born again in his love by coming to share in a daily death to
selfishness and sin?