Blind love.  How often we hear tales of how powerful it can be.  To quote a
song by 4-Him, 
   "We need to get back to the basics of life
   "a heart that is pure, and a love that is blind
   "a faith that is fervently grounded in Christ
   "a hope that endures for all times..."

But my question is.. is blind love really the answer?

   Let's think about this a moment.  What makes blind love so powerful?  Is it
the fact that it looks beyond what is outside?  No.. that's not blind love..
that's love that is more deeply sighted.  Love that looks cannot be blind
love, by definition.  Love needs to be simply based.. not in what a person has
which is of little weight, but on what a person has which is of great weight..
such as their soul.. their character.. their value to God.  These three, along
with a large list of other such qualities, are what make a person really
worthwhile.  Things like money, power, fame, popularity, and the like, may
sway millions in this world, but those things will very likely all come to
naught when a person comes face to face with the judge of all things, God's
one and only begotten Son, Jesus.
   Was Jesus blind?  I think not.  Was Jesus into making people blind?  That
is the truth to some extent.  Jesus said, "I came to make blind men see, and
that men who see might be made blind."  I prayed an interesting prayer once..
"God, make me blind, that I might see."  I'm not sure if I should've prayed
it.. or not.. I just know that finding my way in life has been very tough..
not only due to my own choices, but due to the choices of those who have been
in charge of shaping my life as well.  Sad to say, the people who have shaped
my life are either well out of the picture, or unwilling at this time
seemingly to acknowledge their role in shaping my destiny.. most especially
their lack of proper encouragement and discipline.
   But back to what I was saying.  Jesus was known mostly for making blind men
see.. deaf men hear.. lame men walk, and all sorts of healing changes.  So why
would we assume that love would be any different?  I mean, wouldn't one
naturally come to the conclusion that Jesus would be into healing our love so
it can see, rather than making it so it's blind?  I would be more likely to
think that Jesus would make those who see a lot, but who are not right in
their ways, blind, because of their own ignore-ance.. their own choicing to
avoid responsibility for their actions.. their own meting out punishments
where praise was due.  Jesus would definitely be about pointing these people
to either get with the truth, or lose it all.
   So, love, as we see it, is love that sees to the core of a person, or at
least, trusts in the core which God has described it as.. and blesses or
curses a person appropriately.  Yes, curses.  For though we are to love our
enemies, when a person claims to be a Christian, but is poisoning others' view
of the Gospel.. either directly through teaching or indirectly through
unrighteous living, then it can be our duty to send this person to satan with
no more help from us.. so that they may find the end of themselves, and turn
from their wickedness before it's too late for them in eternity.
   Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoiceth with the truth.  We will
be hard pressed, if we are truly loving, not to notice the failings of those
around us.  The problem is, virtually nobody wants to hear that they're in the
wrong.  Most people prefer a pound of praise, even if they're doing wrong.
The thing is, love is often the best weapon against wrongdoing.. as it dares
to stand on truth and inform someone of just what they're doing as God sees
it.  With this in mind, let us press on to live fuller, richer lives by
speaking up against wrongdoing and praising the well-doing that is truly
praiseworthy.