Learning to love is difficult and overwhelming. And yet--loving should be as natural and easy to us as breathing. This week, I have sensed my heart being pruned and prepared to love in an even more radical way than I ever have before.Love isn't self-seeking.
Love doesn't force itself on others.
These are two truths that have been pounding on my heart over the course of this past week. Though it's only been a week, my spirit has felt as if a month or more has passed. I oftentimes have to remind myself to be still and to remember that though many things are happening rapidly, there is a step-by-step process in the middle of it all.
I have been privileged to have some beautiful relationships enter into my life this year. But as relationships often are--they are messy. They are overwhelmingly beautiful, but there is mess in the middle of the beauty. Maybe that's what makes them absolutely beautiful!
This week, I messed up. The Lord spoke to me about not contacting an individual and to wait patiently. I didn't. I leaned on my own understanding. Well, it blew up in my face. I am now facing the ramifications of not listening.
Love is selfless.
Love is patient and waits. It steps back when it needs to.
It remains.
And so, this lesson continues for me: Forever learning to love...
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