One of the few things that we NEED and that we can't be without. Without love, life is miserable and unbearable. Love brings acceptance, joy, and meaning to life. Yet this very thing brings pain and hurt. When we love we become vulnerable and when we accept love we take great responsibility. When we love we lay ourselves out there, putting our trust in the hands of an imperfect being. We open our hearts, take off our armor and become open to wounds. When we accept someone's love we carry this great responsibility of not breaking this trust. We must put away our selfishness and look out for the needs of others above our own.
There is a cost to love and like we see in society, love is sexy until it cost something. People are not willing to pay the cost it takes to love, because true love is not about us and calls us to die to self. What a high price to pay. But how quickly we forget, that Christ love cost everything. It cost His life, and was not sexy at all. He knew what was coming and laid down His life for us. We are called to do this same thing, to lay our lives down for our brothers and sisters. Sometimes it might cost us everything, and often it is not easy to give love, but may take a lot of work and requires killing our selfishness (which can be hard and painful). May we shift our sight on our maker, allowing Him to give us the strength that it requires to love.
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