Radical Love

   Okay y'all (yes, I will say ''y'all'', I'm from Iowa), the women from Confidently Catholic had the amazing opportunity to see Catholic Christian singer/songwriter Matt Maher in concert this weekend! We had a blast and also got struck by God through the words Matt sang and spoke to us, and we want to share that with you!

  What struck me most during the concert was the idea of us as Catholics being called to a radical love. I had heard that sentiment many times and it interested me, but nothing ever really stuck. When Matt Maher talked about it, though, I saw it totally differently. See, radical love isn't just the kind of love that sends people out to be foreign missionaries, it's the love that we are called to share with our friends and family here at home. Radical love is what brought Jesus down to Earth and radical love is what led Jesus to lay down His life for us on the cross. Now I'm not saying to go crucify yourself to show your love for the people in your life, in fact I'm gonna go ahead and take it upon myself to tell you not to. The reason the love we're called to is radical is that our world and culture we live in doesn't consider pure, holy love to be of any value and to even be looked at as strange, thereby deeming it radical whenever someone lives that love out in their life. In other words, real love isn't looked at as love by the world, so it's weird, or radical, by the world's standards.

  Matt Maher said, "We're called to a radical love...people want that." And they do! No matter how much the world wants to defy this type of love, it desperately wants it. No person on Earth is made for a superficial love. All of our hearts desire more. Radical love is what our hearts want and ultimately, it's the only sort of love that will make us truly happy. God's love for us is totally radical. Being filled with His love allows us to reciprocate it to others and leads us to do extraordinary things!

  If God is for us, then who can be against us? If we are filled with His love, nothing can stand in our way!

  As Catholics, our very nature is to defy how the secular culture says we should live. It says love is selfish and requires looking toward yourself and what's best for you. Radical Christlike love is selfless, giving, and always wants the best for the other person. The world's version of love leaves us empty, whereas God's radical love leaves us full, OVERFLOWING, actually. A radical love like that is meant to be shared.