Is Love safe?

Genesis 22:1-2, 9-12 "And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And He said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

       Is love safe? Now, that is a tricky question. I would answer yes and no. It honestly depends on what your definition of safe may entail. If your version of safe is playing it safe then no. What do I mean by playing it safe? Well, if you choose to live a life that suits you and no one else then no love is not safe. If your life only caters to your needs and your desires then nope love is not safe. If your definition of safe is never allowing anyone in because of past hurt and fear of it happening again then yes, you guessed it love is not safe. Love is daring, open, unconditional, mind blowing, eye opening, life changing and that type of love costs. In this life, we WILL hurt. There is no way around it. People will hurt us whether we open up to them or not. We still will experience heartache, and most would consider that dangerous, but as long as your love is reflected upon Christ then it is safe! 

        In Genesis 22, it talks about one of the most talked about sacrifices other than the ULTIMATE Sacrifice Jesus gave to us. Picture that! We can view this two ways. One being a father sacrificing his son or a man who loves God so much and trusts Him so much that He will literally do anything God asks Him to do. Love. Was that Love safe? Well as I stated before, it depends on what your view of safe may be. We all may not have to sacrifice a child, but we have to sacrifice something(s). I recently and not that this is the only thing, but since it just occurred had to make a decision. Not truly knowing how Abraham felt, I feel like I was put in the similar test. God asked me to do something and I did it with Faith in spite of my own feelings because I love Him that much. What does God do? He stops the knife so to speak. He allows me to keep what He asked me to give up. It was a test. God is AMAZING! I have cried, pondered, smiled, cried, pondered at what God was doing and is doing because His Ways are beyond me. It does us no good to question God, but to practice trusting Him. I mean really trusting Him. This is the most faith driven season in my life so far. I literally do not know what my next move is, but I keep making strides each day. His Love helps me and let's me know to keep going, I got you. School, relationships(friends, family, co workers, bf), money, car, housing are ALL in  His Hands. I think about those things and the hurt and frustration with them all and ask myself will I still love? My answer is yes! A thousand times yes! In this life hurt is inevitable and so is pain. I rather be hurt in God's Arms than outside of His Arms. Because that Love is safe. Choosing to Love in spite of your situation and how someone treats you is safe when God is ushering you to do it. Isn't that what Jesus did? He knew He would conquer death and due to His love for us He willing died so that we may eternally be in Heaven. He proved that risking our lives for God is the safest decision that we will ever make. So is your love safe? 

Praise Report: A new friend I gained this past semester has found a friend in Jesus! She told me this past week and I was over joyed! Like seriously, getting ready for work and fell to my knees in awe of God. He is amazing!