When thinking of love we do not generally equate it with the intellectual part of a person, but rather their emotional side. We mistakenly associate love with the heart only and not the head. But Jesus taught His followers that the first and great commandment was not only to love God with all your heart, but also with the entire mind.
There is nothing more dangerous than an ignorant love. I was once at the scene when a six year old boy was hit by a car as he followed some older boys across the street. A passerby had the child lie still until the ambulance arrived. In the mean time, his mother, who lived nearby, rushed to the sight, pushed through the crowd, picked up her son, and pressed him to her bosom, weeping. There is no question that was a display of true love; but had the boy a broken back, that mother’s love would have, at the least, crippled him for life.
Heart love by itself leaves one clueless as to the right actions to be taken in any and all situations. On the other hand, a love that remains in the confines of the head, never traveling a few inches downward, will result in coldness. One cannot allow the heart to rule the head; remember, God warned us that a deceiver occupies a room there. The Bible teaches a two witness principle. Until these two are in perfect agreement, it’s safe to not make any major moves or decisions. It takes two wings to fly.
You can always trust a sanctified mind and a purified heart to be in agreement.
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