Love is a lot like infinity. I’ve written about infinity a number of times in reference to other things. Infinity is a peculiar concept in math and possibly physics. Infinity times two is still infinity. Infinity times infinity is still infinity. To me it’s a useless concept in my daily life but the scholars seem to find a place for it.
I was thinking about my brothers and how they have twice as many children as I have, at least, and each of their children has had multiple children, which means that they have many more grandchildren than I do. That’s the one area in which I envy them. At the same time I can’t conceive of what it’s like to have more than two grand children and have enough love to cover them. Of course when I just had one I probably couldn’t picture what it would be like having two. But the love expands, stretches, blossoms and becomes adequate.
So love times two is still love. Love times love is still love. It is much more useful and meaningful than thinking about infinity but it has a lot of the same qualities. If you have time, pull out your Bible and read I Corinthians 13. It has some awesome concepts about agape love.
And don’t forget that agape love is what you find in John 3:16,
John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.homo unius libri
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