Found at the beginning of
SisterChicks Down Under! by
Robin Jones Gunn:
Mostly what God does is love you.
Keep company with him and learn a life of love.
Observe how Christ loved us.
His love was not cautious but extravagant.
He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us.
Love like that.
--Ephesians 5:2--The Message
I thought I'd compare this translation with a paraphrase from
down under:
Children learn by imitating the parents they love. Take a tip from them and model yourself on what you've seen of God in Christ. Or in other words, live a life of love--love that doesn't stop at anything. Christ's love for us cost him everything, and there is no more pleasing gift anyone can give to God than a love that is willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of others.
--approximately Ephesians 5:2--Nathan Nettleton www.laughingbird.net
The idea that anyone has anything to give God is theologically incorrect...
