In math, you often hear the term "reciprocal" being used. This is just a fancy way to say "the inverse of". It means a number that is to the power of negative one. If your initial number is 3, then the reciprocal of that would be 1/3. If your initial number is 5/2, then the reciprocol of that would be 2/5. Then, of course - we have an intial number of 1, whose reciprocal is the same - 1. one over one is one.
In english, the word reciprocal has many definitions (paraphrased from dictionary.com). Here are some:
- corresponding --> matching, equivalent, complementary.
- mutual --> usually used in the context " the students respected their teacher, and their teacher reciprocated that respect." you can say " to reflect back" or "they feel this way about each other"
Do you ever get that feeling where you feel like you feel so much of one emotion, or you have so much of something, that it feels like it's overflowing because you can't seem to get rid of it, lessen it, or give it away? It's like how you make a smoothie, and when you fill up one glass with the smoothie, there's a bit left in the blender still, and you can't drink that much, but nobody else wants any, so the rest of the smoothie either just goes to waste, or you try and stuff it in you. That's how I feel sometimes with love and friendship. I feel like I have so much of it, and there's so much love and friendship in me that I want to share, and give away... but noone wants to take it from me. Well that's not completely true, not noone. But still, there's a giant overflow of it and I feel like sometimes it's going to waste. Why do I feel so much? Sometimes I try to drink up those emotions, try to expand my glass container, to contain more, but it doesn't work like that. The particle theory states that matter can not be created nor destroyed, so I can't make my glass bigger. When I think about how many people I know or how many people that I could be closer friends with or give my love to (as friends), I feel kind of sad, and kind of confused as to what to do with this excess of feelings or love that I have inside me.
I'm thinking about this right now, and I can't help but hear God's words in my mind. I look at myself, and then I look at God's perspective. God has so much love for us, so much that it overflows, more than there is in my blender. When you compare the amount of people that God wants to give and spread His love to versus me - a little girl who knows like probably not even 1% of the people that God knows, I can only begin to imagine how sad God must feel. God wants us so much, He wants us to find satisfaction in Him, He wants to give good things to us, and watch us grow closer to Him, and be His children. God wants us to fulfill our purpose, and follow His plan that He has carefully laid out for each and every one of us. It is through thinking about how many more people I could love, how many more people that I want to just let me take care of them, and let me love them that I realize how God must be feeling. So many unsaved lives, so many lost relationships, so many people He wants to reciprocate this love back to Him. He is always reaching out to us, and if only we weren't so blinded by the falsehoods on Earth, so that we may see His hand, reach out, and take it.
Exodus 34:14 says "Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (NIV)
Deuteronomy 4:24 says "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God." (NIV)
2 Corinthians 11:2 says "I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy." (NIV)
He loves us so much, and wants us to love Him back so much, but we don't because we're distracted by the things in this world, earthly things that will have no meaning later after death - that He is jealous of us. He is jealous that we don't give our love back to Him - the creator who made us so that He could love us, and so that we could love Him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rW528qiYw - How He Loves, Kim Walker
such a good song.
Jeremiah 29:11 says " "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (NIV)
such a good verse
In english, the word reciprocal has many definitions (paraphrased from dictionary.com). Here are some:
- corresponding --> matching, equivalent, complementary.
- mutual --> usually used in the context " the students respected their teacher, and their teacher reciprocated that respect." you can say " to reflect back" or "they feel this way about each other"
Do you ever get that feeling where you feel like you feel so much of one emotion, or you have so much of something, that it feels like it's overflowing because you can't seem to get rid of it, lessen it, or give it away? It's like how you make a smoothie, and when you fill up one glass with the smoothie, there's a bit left in the blender still, and you can't drink that much, but nobody else wants any, so the rest of the smoothie either just goes to waste, or you try and stuff it in you. That's how I feel sometimes with love and friendship. I feel like I have so much of it, and there's so much love and friendship in me that I want to share, and give away... but noone wants to take it from me. Well that's not completely true, not noone. But still, there's a giant overflow of it and I feel like sometimes it's going to waste. Why do I feel so much? Sometimes I try to drink up those emotions, try to expand my glass container, to contain more, but it doesn't work like that. The particle theory states that matter can not be created nor destroyed, so I can't make my glass bigger. When I think about how many people I know or how many people that I could be closer friends with or give my love to (as friends), I feel kind of sad, and kind of confused as to what to do with this excess of feelings or love that I have inside me.
I'm thinking about this right now, and I can't help but hear God's words in my mind. I look at myself, and then I look at God's perspective. God has so much love for us, so much that it overflows, more than there is in my blender. When you compare the amount of people that God wants to give and spread His love to versus me - a little girl who knows like probably not even 1% of the people that God knows, I can only begin to imagine how sad God must feel. God wants us so much, He wants us to find satisfaction in Him, He wants to give good things to us, and watch us grow closer to Him, and be His children. God wants us to fulfill our purpose, and follow His plan that He has carefully laid out for each and every one of us. It is through thinking about how many more people I could love, how many more people that I want to just let me take care of them, and let me love them that I realize how God must be feeling. So many unsaved lives, so many lost relationships, so many people He wants to reciprocate this love back to Him. He is always reaching out to us, and if only we weren't so blinded by the falsehoods on Earth, so that we may see His hand, reach out, and take it.
Exodus 34:14 says "Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (NIV)
Deuteronomy 4:24 says "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God." (NIV)
2 Corinthians 11:2 says "I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy." (NIV)
He loves us so much, and wants us to love Him back so much, but we don't because we're distracted by the things in this world, earthly things that will have no meaning later after death - that He is jealous of us. He is jealous that we don't give our love back to Him - the creator who made us so that He could love us, and so that we could love Him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rW528qiYw - How He Loves, Kim Walker
such a good song.
Jeremiah 29:11 says " "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (NIV)
such a good verse
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