Accepting Love

             Love is more than a feeling. Love is more than a thought. Love is more than a hug. Love is more than a kiss. Love is more than a kind word. Love it more than a life style.  Love is a gift, more than just a normal gift given or received on a special day like a birthday or Christmas, love is a gift given to us by our amazing Creator. Love is specially created but it can’t really be described. The way to describe it is simply just the way it makes you feel and the things it makes you do and say. Love is the greatest creation God gave to us. He wants us to share this amazing feeling with other individuals. God tells us in Matthew 22:37–39, “you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” God commands us to love him, love one another, and most importantly share his love for us with others!

God has blessed me with people to love. The thought of love used to scare me. Not the idea of loving a family member or loving a pet, but actually loving someone who isn’t “stuck with me,” that’s what I always tell my family. See my parents could leave me but not nearly as easy as a best friend or a boyfriend. I didn’t like that thought, call me crazy but the idea of loving someone who could possibly not love me back or could betray me wasn’t the easiest thing to process and accept. Most people throw the word around like it’s not a big deal. People would say they loved one another one second and then minutes later turn around and talk smack behind their backs. The word is over used and slowly losing its special meaning. That was my perspective on love.

         When I got a boyfriend my perspective didn’t really change too much. I was still just as scared if not even more! It was more relevant than before. This man could potentially “love me.” How could any person love me after only knowing me for a short time? My parents fell in love with me the second I was born. They’ve loved me all my life, but how could someone just step in my life so sudden and totally love me? Actually love me flaws and all? I had to step back and look at the big picture. God loves me. All of me imperfections and perfections! He died for me because he loved me. That love isn’t something to be scared of. That love is something you should be thriving to find.

My perspective slowly started to drift. My feelings for my boyfriend started to grow. Through hard times he was there supporting me. Through good times he was there laughing with me. Through scary times he was there comforting me. He was showing the kind of love that God shows me on a daily basis. I love this man. All of him, imperfections and all! I loved the way he made me feel and things he believed in. I loved the morals he had and how much stronger he pushed me to be. Its not very often that girls find men at a young age that respect their boundaries.I was falling in love with this boy. Believe it or not he claimed to love me to! I was in love, and I was slowly overcoming my fear. Crazy how things work out.

        God wants you to love other and,to grow with them in a spiritual way. God places people in our lives to teach us that love is ok. Risking the chance of being hurt is worth it. God sending His son who he loved to die for us was worth it. God never said the journey on this earth would be painless, he never promised to remove all painful situations from our lives. One thing he did promise was to always love us. Gods plan for us was the RIGHT one because no one knows us better than the one who created us. He places people in our lives along the way to help us become stronger to encourage each other to make a difference. He places people in our lives that we’re suppose to love. Love isn’t something to be taken lightly but love isn’t something that should be hidden or feared either. Love shouldn’t be gone unsaid; what if God’s love had gone unsaid it would have been a disaster. So don't let your love go unsaid either. It’s worth the risk of getting hurt because you're also running the chance of experiencing so many more amazing opportunities and feelings that God has created. Love is a gift given to us from God. Dont be scared to show the love God has for you to others. You never know what kind of impact you could leave.

xoxoxox
Katelynn