Today when we talk about loving someone, it often means that we must be prepared to approve of what they desire, and the decisions that they make, and to help them fulfill those goals. So in effect we are told, “If you love me, you will do what I want you to do.” Now that gives a whole new meaning to service. And that can even lead you, in the church situation, toward simply trying to do what people want in order to get them to come back.
