Intentional and reckless

"In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. But if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal." John 12:25

The incident was assessed as reckless conduct (two points), medium impact (two points) and high contact (two points). This is a total of six activation points, resulting in a classification of a level three offence, drawing 225 demerit points and a two-match sanction. He has an existing bad record of two matches suspended within the last three years, which increases the penalty by 20 per cent to 270 demerit points. An early plea reduces the sanction by 25 per cent to 202.50 points and a two-game sanction.

So, a couple of weeks ago, the AFL match review panel found Campbell Brown guilty of being reckless. Had they also considered it to be intentional as well he would have received a longer suspension. Would the Bible be one of the few places where we are told to go out and be reckless; where we are actually rewarded for having a history of being intentionally reckless? Be reckless in your love.

I am a careful person. I am a bean counter after all. A brown cardigan, conservative type. It isn't natural for me to be reckless - to be a hoon with my love! The more you think about it the more fun it could be. Forget being careful with your life, be reckless. Be careless with love, not heeding the consequences.

It's only when we let go of everything, when we release that iron grip and start being reckless with what God has given us that we being to understand the power of a surrendered life.

"Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, it sprouts and reproduces itself many times over." V24

God, help me not to be so careful!