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Levels of Love

Perhaps you read the story about a woman and her husband who came to a pastor and said, "We're going to get a divorce, but we want to come to make sure that you approve of it." There are people who come to the pastor hoping that when they say there is no feeling left in their marriage, the pastor will say, "Well, if there's no feeling left, then, the only thing you can do is split."

Instead, the pastor says to the husband, "The Bible says you're to love your wife as Jesus Christ loved the church."

He says, "Oh, I can't do that."

The pastor says, "If you can't begin at that level, then begin on a lower level. You're supposed to love your neighbor as you love yourself. Can you at least love her as you would love a neighbor?"

The husband says, "No. That's still too high a level."

The pastor says, "The Bible says, Love your enemies. Begin there."

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