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Whatever your background, age, race, or upbringing we all have one thing in common. That is, that we all have faith (or call it trust or belief) in someone or something. This newsletter is dedicated to the friendly, open expression and discussion of those beliefs and related aspects.
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Love; a very broad topic. A common topic for writers and it is no wonder when we consider the many facets of this vast and complex emotion. Here I try to cover a few basic principles only. It is not intended to be a comprehensive study on love.
"We've got this great gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it is going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it."
John Lennon, 1969
Love is a gift There is some God-designed part of us that strives after love - someone to love and someone to love us. It starts when we are conceived, with the bond that develops in the womb between mother and child which is beyond our comprehension. This bond that develops between fetus and mother is because He designed us to be loving beings. God freely gifts us love from the very first moment we are created, in fact before this, because He designed us. He expects us to nurture that gift, use it and bestow it freely upon the world. He also yearns for us to receive it, acknowledge it and return it.
Love is a choice Sometimes we do not feel like loving anyone, least of all ourselves. We can scream at the world to keep away, just so we can fester in our well of self-pity and self-hate. Alternatively we may choose to reach out in our despair and lean on those whom we love and trust. Opt for the support and companionship of those you love or sink further into the stagnating doldrums. Unconsciously we make these sorts of choices all the time, but even a choice can be changed. Even when we feel unlovely or unloving, we can still make a choice to love. No, it's often not easy to make oneself feel vulnerable, but in fact there is no safer place to be vulnerable than within a true, loving relationship (be it friend, spouse, etc).
Love is complex What makes us smile at a newborn baby's laugh when we have just lost someone dear to us? Probably many things, but ultimately I believe it is the innate ability we have that allows us to still show the attitude of love while our hearts are shattered inside. Love has no formula to allow us to schedule love into our lifestyles or around events. Mostly, it won't wait till you are ready or willing. It just is. Love solicits your attention, even when you think your responsive shutters are securely fastened shut.
Love can be lost Even though I believe we have an intrinsic loving nature, I also believe that it can be programmed out of us. Through the circumstances of our childhood and the expressions of love we experience (or don't experience) we can be conditioned out of a loving attitude. There are untold acts of violence and heartbreak in this world. This is where it comes back to a choice. We still have the choice to love despite our personal histories. We can choose to love in spite of our past or we can choose to love so that you don't repeat the past. Or, the saddest happening of all, we could choose not to love.
We must practice love, it is the best way to ensure we are shown love. We can forget how to show love if we don't keep at it. Think about someone who has spent their whole life at odds with the world. One day they fall in love with the most precious person they have ever met. Unfortunately they are so used to not loving anyone, that they don't know how to demonstrate it to their partner. Misunderstandings and frustration enter in unless the partner can teach them how to love.
And so love ... is critical to our lives. It will dictate how we react to events. It will get us through the bad and sad. It will make the fun times even better. Our personalities are incomplete without an ability to love. Love invades our spirit and our soul. And the epitome of love, security, of complexities and mysteries, wholeness, and of being found... is God the Father. |
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