by Toryn Blade

Created on: September 24, 2011

Is it possible to love someone too much? At what point does this become a issue? Love is more than a feeling. People are driven by their love for someone or something. It can bring great joy or extreme pain. But how much is too much? Where do we draw the line? I think of the battered wife who takes back the loser husband who in turn beats her again and again. She loves him even though he is not good for her. Most of us can look at that and agree that the relationship is not good for her. She loves him too much even to the point of death.

My next thought is about a father and his child. The daughter has gotten caught up in drugs. He remembers her when she was a little girl sitting on his knees. He blames himself for giving her everything she wanted. Now she steals and takes things to feed her addiction. Yet ,her father still loves her even though she hurts his heart. The dad stays up late into the night wondering, praying for her to be all right. It's costing him his health, time and money. Yet, he still loves his baby girl and no matter what she does he will always love her and bring her back. Is he loving too much?

Many song and poems have been written about love. Where young lovers would rather die than be apart from each other. As a society, we long for that kind of love, one that only death can separate. We long to have someone so passionate about us that they will give everything for us.

This reminds me of my last story about a father and a son. The king had many sons and daughter, but only one first born. Over time the king became separated from his children. You see they had willingly disowned the king in favor of another King who was not a true king. Blinded and fooled  the sons and daughters of the kingdom were now slaves of the fake King..

The law was unjust and unfair, but the sons had bound themselves to that kingdom. The older son knowing the love of the father for his other sons and daughters developed a plan to redeem the other children of the kingdom.  The fulfillment meant the Son , the first born, would take the place of the other children and to break the initial blood sworn oath, blood shed and death were the only way to freedom. So the first born son, because he loved the father, came and took the place of the other  children. He redeemed them with his blood.

You can never love too much. There is no law agaist love. You may not understand the reason why people love like they do. Many times they are hurt by that love. Yet, no greater love can one give than to lay down their life for their friends.

Back to my point on having someone love us passionately. You see the story of the kingdom is our story. We were a lost and broken people empty and without hope. But God sent his son to die in our place. He loved us too much and was not willing to let us be separated from Him. It is better to love and be hurt yet know love, than to not love and be bitter and alone.

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