I don’t want to use
the word “love” far too casually in my life. I think some have mistreated the
word. Love is powerful, it is profound, it is a word that builds and enriches.
Yet love is not some simple relief to mend wounds, it is so much more than
that, and deserves to be so much more than that.
Don’t often use the word love out of desperation just because
you are afraid of losing something that was never really for you to begin with. The desire to express deep affection may cheapened the
word, I’m telling you.
But that’s not the way things work.
I’ve been through
several attempts to build a true forever-like relationship with some guys I used
to love and ended in pain. I know the feeling of driving home alone with a
heavy heart, wondering when the reality of the situation would sink in and the
overwhelming sense of isolation would build its walls around me. I know the
feeling when the presence or absence of the sun does not determine the greyness
of the skies (wow! haha). No
amount of pain is insignificant. And though we try to make
it less than what it is, we can’t do anything because the reality is sometimes, life is filled with
loneliness. This is a hard thing to accept, and often something we don’t want
to believe about a world created by a loving God.
However, I believe Jesus knew this better than any of us.
Indeed I’m lost…but I was made this way to be found J
Love yourself first
so you know what kind of love you deserve…
Today is I Love
Myself Day!
Cheers!
