I feel like love is such an interesting
topic. I hear so many people blaming love for things that people did. “Love
hurts”, “Love isn’t real” etc... And often we must remember that just because
we may have had unpleasant experiences with it, that it is simply because
someone in our life has misused the word.
The bible is very clear on what love is. Every
time I read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 it gets a lot realer to me. Real love, the
kind that mirrors how Christ loves the Church is indestructible. No matter what I have gone through in the past,
there is just something about love that excites me, and no matter what I do I
can’t shake it. Then I realized, why should I? Love is beautiful, amazing, and can
be life changing if you truly let it in. I love sappy movies, and love songs,
and I am always interested in other peoples love stories. This year, I told
myself that I wasn’t going to be robbed of those things. I decided that I was
not going to let the enemy make Love some negative thing that I didn’t want to
think about.
Love can feel like a lot of different things.
It can feel painful when not handled properly, it can feel like it Is all you
need when done right, and it can be heartbreaking when you have the absence of
it. But one thing remains true, we need love. We need it from God, family and
friends. Being in love is dope, loving people feels amazing, and learning and
growing from heartbreaks makes loving people that much sweeter on the other side.
I hope that we can learn to celebrate love
for what it truly is. I was dreading my first “single” Valentines Day in years
after being in a relationship and married for so long, But God is faithful. As
we learn and grow in our healing process he shows us that we have no need to anticipate
“bad days”. He shows us that as he removes the things that hurt us, there is
always something beautiful on the other side of the rainbow. Love is redemption,
and if you have been hurt before I pray you keep your heart open to it and let God
show you what it really is supposed to feel like.
