Live a Lover's Life

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless...

-the apostle Paul writing to the Philippians ch. 1, vs. 9-10

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So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much, but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary...

-Phil 1:9-10 paraphrased by Eugene Peterson

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"Live a lover's life" - haha - I like that - sounds a little edgy:) and I think it is... the love Paul prays for is certainly not the norm - most people's notion of love is probably more of the "sentimental gush". A love that is "sincere and intelligent" - seems quite radical, and crazy, and rich, and ...hard!!!