Followup 2: Meaningless Meanings

I think that I think too much.  Wait a minute!  Oh well.

I was pondering my post on meaningless meanings and I thought that it sounded kind of bleak, in a way.  I still think that it is true in our human experience but I also think that there are things we experience that don’t follow this pattern.  A comment was left on the original post that pointed out that the words “I love you” don’t necessarily diminish in worth the more they are used.  I think they can if they are used without thought for what they mean.  When I tell my wife that I love her I feel the meaning behind the words.  Where does this kind of love come from?  It comes from God.

What I realized was that all things tend to lose their value unless they come from God.  Does the blood of Christ diminish in value the more it is applied?  No.  The things that we derive from God do not fade.  Look at the gifts of the spirit.  The joy we experience as a result of our relationship with our Savior will never fade, or the peace, or any of the words and actions that result from these things.  When we act on the gifts from God it is not what we put into it that makes it meaningful but what God puts into the action or word.  This was an amazing thought to me.  So if I try to express my love for my wife apart from God, it can quickly become empty but if I am deriving it from the overflow of His love then it will always hold meaning.  Why is this?  His love is perfect.  The things from this fallen world will always lose value but the gifts from God are eternal.

Brian