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I've been a fan, lately, of breaking down sentences.
I was thinking the other day about love.
I've asserted before that love isn't as much of an emotion as much as it is a commitment.
From that, flows emotion.
Then, brother Luke reminded me that "God is love".
Which made me think: To be in love, we have to be in God.
Mind = blown.

Then, I was talking with brother Tom about how individualistic we have become as a nation and as a church: "I can do this because I'm different", "you're more outgoing than I am, so, its okay if we don't socialize", etc.
We were slightly depressed by how self-centered we are.
We were talking about the possessive word "I".
It was brought up that we are the body of Christ; in fact, we ARE Christ. The fullness of Him dwells in us and we are crucified in Christ it is no longer we who live but Christ in us. To live is Christ to die is gain.
In light of these things, we discussed how when we use the word "I", we need to be careful, because we are Christ.
So, when I say "I love you", we're really saying: "I, Christ in me, loves you".
We can no longer say "I love sin", or "I love pre-marital sex", or "I love getting high", because Christ doesn't love sin, He doesn't love pre-marital sex, or getting high.

So, to tie these thoughts in together, the phrase "I love you", should really be shown as I Love you.
The "L" in love should be capitalized because God is Love.
And.
"I Love you" really means: I, (Christ in me), Loves, (with the same commitment, passion, and unconditional way that God does), you.

I hope this affected you.

I Love you.

-Josh