Love. Everyone wants it. Everyone needs it. Everyone does anything for it. Why do we all want and need love SO bad? We crave it from the outside all the way to the deep “nitty-gritty” bone. We can't live without it and once we have it, we take it for granted.
We all say things we don’t mean when we are angry or upset, but most of the time, we forgive and forget. We get close to a specific person and pour our hearts to them. We all make mistakes, and do things we regret, but the beautiful thing about it is, there is grace.
If love were compared to an ocean, we would swim in the tears we have cried over our love until we get to the other side. Love is great, but also not. It can be the best feeling you have ever felt, but also the worst. In a song by the Afters, they refer to love being at its worst. Apparently someone was wronged and hurt, and the words are telling how they felt through it. Love is powerful and patient. If you truly love, then you will conquer all things, even in “raging seas.” Love will get you through. If there is a will, there is a way.
Love makes you go crazy. It’s a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful thing. Love is the most important thing, even Jesus said that. Sometimes you just get caught up in it with someone. Everything feels so right, and like nothing could touch the love you have. You just want time to freeze so you can feel that perfect feeling forever.
Love is what we were made for. God did not put us here on earth to be alone, yet to have companionship with Him and others. It is universally known to "Love one another as you would love yourself," ...right? If this statement is true, then God not only wants us to love others but OURselves as well. I can name a couple in our class right now that already do that very well :P
But seriously, God is our Creator. The next time you look in the mirror just look at yourself, look at how intricately you were designed. God made EVERYTHING about you. We are all special to Him. Therefore, we should love others completely but also love ourselves. Be happy in your own skin and just realize how blessed you are to have so many things.
If you are striving to be the person you want to be, enjoying life with all your heart and doing God's will completely, then you need to love yourself. But above all else, others come first. Learn to serve the people you love.
We all say things we don’t mean when we are angry or upset, but most of the time, we forgive and forget. We get close to a specific person and pour our hearts to them. We all make mistakes, and do things we regret, but the beautiful thing about it is, there is grace.
If love were compared to an ocean, we would swim in the tears we have cried over our love until we get to the other side. Love is great, but also not. It can be the best feeling you have ever felt, but also the worst. In a song by the Afters, they refer to love being at its worst. Apparently someone was wronged and hurt, and the words are telling how they felt through it. Love is powerful and patient. If you truly love, then you will conquer all things, even in “raging seas.” Love will get you through. If there is a will, there is a way.
Love makes you go crazy. It’s a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful thing. Love is the most important thing, even Jesus said that. Sometimes you just get caught up in it with someone. Everything feels so right, and like nothing could touch the love you have. You just want time to freeze so you can feel that perfect feeling forever.
Love is what we were made for. God did not put us here on earth to be alone, yet to have companionship with Him and others. It is universally known to "Love one another as you would love yourself," ...right? If this statement is true, then God not only wants us to love others but OURselves as well. I can name a couple in our class right now that already do that very well :P
But seriously, God is our Creator. The next time you look in the mirror just look at yourself, look at how intricately you were designed. God made EVERYTHING about you. We are all special to Him. Therefore, we should love others completely but also love ourselves. Be happy in your own skin and just realize how blessed you are to have so many things.
If you are striving to be the person you want to be, enjoying life with all your heart and doing God's will completely, then you need to love yourself. But above all else, others come first. Learn to serve the people you love.
I agree with this blog. We were made out of love and cannot live without it. It is also true that we must love ourselves in order to really love others. This is a topic that is relevant to everybody.
ReplyDelete-Ivanna
Faith! That was really unbeleivable. I agree completely, and I love how you were brave and wise enough to write about something that is, unfortunately, one of the worst human conditions on the planet (in my opinion)...taking advantage of love. Really beautiful!
ReplyDelete- Kelsey
Faith, I think you always hit the nail right on the head. You're right; love can be either great or terrible, but if we love the way we were meant to it is wonderful. However, I don't think we can truly love others until we learn to love ourselves and get rid of our insecurities.
ReplyDelete-SarahBeth
Faith, I love the subjects you've written about in your blogs; it seems like you just speak straight from your heart. I love the line about love being like an ocean and us swimming in the tears we have cried over our love. Good blog!
ReplyDelete-lindsey
Faith, you always find a way to impress me with your intuitive writing capabilities. i 'LOVE' it ;)
ReplyDeletewas this a poetry response at some point? either way- i think it is awesome and full of truth. love is a very debatable and interesting topic and i love your take on it
ReplyDeletegood job :)
yessss it was a poetry response lol how could you tell :P
ReplyDelete... Ok, well I can say that this is definitely true... look at Matt and I. HA HA HA HA! I enjoy it though.
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