Just Say “I Love You”
Our church is in the midst of a sermon series called “Live Like You Are Dying,†based on the Tim McGraw song. Last Sunday’s message was focused on “loving deeper;†and the concept of telling people you love, “I love you†was covered. That made me think….often when people are asked, what they would do if they knew they had a limited time left to live (one week for example), a common answer is “Tell _______ that I love him/her.†So what is it that makes us so uncomfortable telling people we love them before we are painfully aware that the end is near? Why do we get that weird feeling in our stomach? Why do we feel we have a bowling ball tied to our tongues? Isn’t it strange that we can say we love so many other things…pizza….football…..shopping, but to say “I love you mom, dad, son, daughter, friend, kind of creeps us out?
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