Why do people go through life content with the shallow relationships going on around them? Why do people walk by each other everyday and say "Hi, how are you today?" expecting to hear good great or fine? Why do people who are having the crappiest day of their life answer good, fine, great? What's wrong with asking "Are you okay?" and getting a straight answer? Why are we quick to rejoice with those who rejoice but ignore the command to mourn with those who mourn? Do we just not really want to know?
The only thing that makes sense to me is fear. Fear that if you ask "Are you okay?" you will actually get an true answer. Fear that if you truly answer that person, the person wont care and see it as a hindrance. Or that the beautiful rotten facade you built will come crashing down all in one little slip of the tongue. Fear that the burden you see right behind their eyes may soon become yours. Fear that your question might be rejected. Fear that your explanation of what's going on is dumb even though at the time it is crashing your world. Why are we so run by fear? Aren't God's people supposed to be caked with love?
"God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because he first loved us (1 John 4)."
I am called to love. I am called to forget the fear to take a chance and to strive to perfectly love people. To love them so much that the fear of a true answer is driven out by my overflowing love of that person. A love that eases the fear of rejection and encourages an understanding of the truth. The love that my savior shows me everyday. The love that annihilates my fear of being known by him. The love that I am called to emulate. The love I will be striving for.
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