I think love and hate are too alike to be different anymore. They're both words we all just throw around, "Oh, I love chocolate!" or, "I hate that song, it's awful." I think "really like" and "dislike" should be used in circumstances like that. Love and hate are thrown around way too much.
Because of the way words like love, hate, and awesome are used, I think we forget the real meaning of them. True love is hard to come by. True love is death on a cross. From my perspective, true love is wanting God's will all the time for someone else's life. That could mean a world of sacrifice for you, but you would do it because you love that person. You just can't love chocolate in the same way.
The same goes for hate. When I think of hate, I think of disliking someone so much I want them to be wiped off the face of the earth. That's a little harsh, I know. But I think that's what hate is. Which is why I don't think I have ever really hated anyone or anything, no matter how much I say I do.
I think overused words just give us the wrong outlook. They make what we really mean unclear. I've been wrestling with this idea for a while, and the conclusion I have come to is that in the way we say love and hate, they are too alike to be different. And I don't think that's what they were meant to be for.
This quote by AW Tozer sums it up pretty well, "Words fail and language is exhausted, but the redeemed heart rises up in adoration... Singing the hymn of the Lamb."
Speak and be.
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