[[so this is the conclusion of this “love” stuff…i guess you could call it part 2]]

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ok, so before i explain how i got out of a snowy ditch this morning,

lemme start 2 weeks ago.

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love story #1

i was in need of (college) textbooks, 

i called my sister (who lives far away) to buy them for me

she did

and it was a lifesaver, because i really needed them

and i had no $$$.

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when i tried to thank her, she told me that how i thank her is by treating my parents nice, and by treating my little sister nice, and by passing on kindness to others.

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love story #2

this morning,

i left home at 8:10

[[trying to make it in time for my 8:30.]]

with exactly 20 minutes to travel to my college

which is 20 minutes away. 

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as i was literally 2 minutes from campus,

i slid off the road,

into a snowy ditch (of someone’s yard).

to make a super long story short,

i went from panic,

to worrying about having to get a tow truck,

to having a stranger help me for 20 minutes,

then he had to leave for work,

and finally another stranger helped me,

then my father came,

& eventually 4 men [together] pushed me out.

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as they walked away all at once, 

i barely had a chance yell out, “thank you”

& i thought,

wow.

how do i thank them?!?!

like really; how?

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&& i realized,

they were just satisfied that they got to help.

and that’s when it hit me:

LOVE is not necessarily about directly repaying those who helped you:

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living love

TRULY living love

TRULY LIVING OUT God’s LOVE

is about

reacting.

re-acting

re-acting and re-creating the kindness YOU’VE been shown

to someone else.

…

Because there is NO way that I could ever repay God

for pulling me outta this crazy snowbank of life

and forgiving my sin.

But

He didn’t ask me to.

He just asked me to re.ACT.

and love.

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