my dear november, baby, i love you well.

2012-05-28

God has no needs. Human love, as Plato teaches us, is the child of Poverty – of want or lack; it is caused by a real or supposed goal in its beloved which the lover needs and desires. But God’s love, far from being caused by goodness in the object, causes all the goodness which the object has, loving it first into existence, and then into real, though derivative, lovability. God is Goodness. He can give good, but cannot need or get it. In that sense, His love is, as it were, bottomlessly selfless by very definition; it has everything to give, and nothing to receive.

— The Problem of Pain (1940)

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2012-05-27

Don’t you remember? Your name means lovable.

— My big sister

2012-05-25

“I need Christ, not something that resembles Him.”

— C.S. Lewis

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Anonymous asked: Do you believe that as seasons in your life change that the purpose of things can change? Could God say take something that was once a huge spiritual hinderance to you, like an addiction or object of addiction. That in one Season of your life you were led to run from and come Closer to God. And then in another Season He might lead you back to it for a different purpose. Or does that just sound like Satan?

I believe that God could choose to do that, but if there is any question in your mind, it’s probably best to stay away. I don’t know your specific situation, anon, but I would suggest you pray about it lots to get to the root of this situation and possibly even find someone for accountability. Accountability partners can really help in situations like the one you’ve described.