Poly What?

Sometimes a new facet of love will pop up out of nowhere and surprise me.

When I want to call it wrong, I think about how God actually is.

And I think it really may be something that takes shape in the way he loves.

God's love is for all he knows.

He does not love one more than another; all are equally loved.

He has the capacity to love all. 

There are many, many ways he loves.

His love is found in innumerable shapes in innumerable persons in innumerable places.

I've recently been introduced to someone who is legitimately polyamorous.

Being poly is generally a taboo in this country.

It's associated with Mormons, sex addicts, or people who are more or less unstable.

But what if those people have just figured out how to love more than one person well?

What if their capacity to love is bigger than many others?

As I've gotten to know this person, I've seen that his love is genuinely sincere.

It is not something based solely on sexuality; often times, sexuality is absent or at least an afterthought.

And he's one of the most giving persons I've met; his love is absolutely unselfish.

He is all in in every moment.

So, who am I to call this type of love wrong?

In the Old Testament there were several men with several women. 

In fact, the only time it was ever adulteress was when a women slept with someone other than her husband and only because she was considered property.

Men had as many wives and concubines as they could afford.

They were never punished for having them only for "tainting" another mans property (ie. sleeping with a virgin and not paying the proper dowlry to the father because her value was no longer as high).

But women were not property owners and did not own themselves; therefore, they violated the law by giving something (themselves) away that wasn't theirs to give.

Some of the most honorable and "godly" men had several hundred wives and concubines (ie. David, Solomon).

And nothing is mentioned in the New Testament that voids this type of lifestyle.

It is pure human jealousy that makes this sort of relationship difficult.

I'm not making any sort of statement of my personal preferences in any sort of public way at this time, but as of now, I can't say I view this way of choosing to live and love as a wrong way to do so.

What is the trinity but three persons loving and living as one?

Just some thoughts to chew on.

I know I certainly have been.

And it's been a total mind-blow.