Futility of pursuit, THE human tragedy

Have you ever pursued someone because you wished to give of yourself to them, maybe encourage them, spend time with them, make yourself known to them, and maybe even to give your heart to them? But they would not receive you. How devastating it is!! maybe you have been the one pursued, only to shut the door on the relationship.

I was thinking recently, as I often do as an aging philosopher, that most peeps do not have enough love in their life. While even in a crowded life, many feel alone. Why is it then that peeps too often keep others at arms length, shut the door on those who pursue relationship with them. I am sure there are many reasons, but it seems a tragedy that love gets "left on the street" or "hung out to dry" when there is not enough of love going around. Maybe some peeps don't feel they deserve love or its just to risky to receive love. The carnal mind associates obligation with receiving, maybe that's it??

From a Kingdom perspective the tragedy is even more grave. God pursues peeps. Now we can debate whether He pursues only His elect or every peep, that's not my point here. We know He pursues and we know some peeps shut the door on Him. Deep reformed theology might say that human peeps can't resist God's pursuit. Maybe, maybe not, but we know that we ourselves have resisted at times and we know others who seem to make a life of resisting. Consistent, life long resisting ushers in God's wrath (Romans 1).

God's wrath is not God getting mad at us and hurling fireballs our way. No, its simply God ceasing to pursue us. Maybe He sees His pursuit as futile, as we sometimes eventually do on a human plane. I don't know!! I don't know all of the mind of God. BUT, if and when He ceases to pursuit a peep, that peep is eternally left to a life without God and His pursuit of Grace (that what Hell is).

That is THE human tragedy.

we peeps must learn to receive from one another and foremost we MUST let go and receive God's pursuit of us!! maybe these are somehow connected??

Just saying .....