Love... the deepest longing, to mean something to someone else, to belong, to matter.... it seems like the bigger part of all popular songs are talking about love... it is a mystery and we all want it....
good for us if the first two people in our life have loved us well, our parents, we do not wonder quite as much if we are worthy being loved... constant rejection and hurt seems to make the quest for love so much more important..... security, comfort, self worth all wrapped up in those two most significant relationships... then, as life goes on we get hurt because those that we thought loved us walked away or replaced us, just didn't want us anymore, maybe never loved us....
but....consider this:
The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ( 1 John 4:10)
if we have met Jesus, and have accepted His gift of salvation... we are sure that He loves us and we cannot help but love Him....the longing is fulfilled... the hole in our hearts filled with Him and His love..
it saddens me to see how we struggle with finding this love here on earth when the expectations we have are God given, only to be met by Him.... they are there to keep us searching for Him.... because He alone loves perfectly, without selfishness and sin....
and still.... there is love to be found here and this again is a gift from the One from whom all blessings flow... going to Him in the morning and having my heart filled up with His love allows me to love well and to feel so loved by whoever God has put in my life.. no matter how imperfectly this person will love... it will lead to a heart overflowing with love... I love that thought...
Perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home
Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through
Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know
Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of change
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you.
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ( Romans 8:38-39)
Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all those things will be given unto you....
life was never supposed to be without Him as our top priority..... # SoliDeoGloria
