...the Journey...

The thing called Love.

Love. Thats a feburay thing right? i dont ahve to do it all the time right? ha ha ha just kidding i dont thin i could go a day without loving someone. This month and tuesday just gives me a reason to show my love to other ppl. I love it.
well today in church Pastor Jon talked about Love go figure. ha ha
One thing he took sometime talking about was the ways to grow in Love with one another. That was something that i was right on page with him on. He was speaking from one of the many chapters about love, 1 Cor 13. He shared with us about love being an emotion, a state of being, an act, and a verb. All of those things are love and describe love. I also feel that you need to have a balance of each thing listed to have a deeper love. It was great to hear. One other thing was said about the ways to grow in love. He basically set up four ways to grow in love with others. NOt just int he romanctc love but in friendship and aquantaice love.
1.BE vonerable. If this happens you will share your life with ppl and grow deeper together with them.
2. BE jealsous of the one you love. Meaning, guard the one you love and be protective of them.
3. BE forgiving. In every relationship we will screw up at some point. Forgive.
4. NEVER GIVE UP! Things are gunna be tough because God never said living in an unperfect world would be easy so persevere.
All these spoke to me. But the second and last two the most. First off am i being protective of the ones i love. Yes there are a loage number of ppl who i love but am i being protective of them and guardinng them and sepeaking well of them? That is tough to answer. In the worst of times when i am being treated like Crap by them do i still speak well of them and think good things of them? Thats a hard one somedays when all you feel like is you have been severly hurt by the ones you love. But i am working on that. I think this fits right in with what i was writing before. that it is hard to see the good in everyone. But its a skill to be worked on.
Also, the last point. this one is easy for me. seeing as alot of the closefriendships i have a from ppl om the otherside of canada. Its easy to use distance as a reason for not laying down my life for ppl. But that shouldnt be a factor. Its a rough call tho. But yes. Giving up is easy whe you have not spoken with a person in a whlie and you are busy and not thinking of them everyday cause they are not just right there. Also, love is tough. Because it hurts to love at points and it hurts to recieve at points. Sometimes we need it more than others and we expect it more and other times we are to wiling to give it out (if there is such a thing). This tho to me is a simple but hard task. When you bring somone in to a close loving relationship, where you in that case would lay downyour life for them, you need to never give up and try and fail and try again. Always trying and making things work. You dont just fall outta love. Once loved always loved. yes you may grow a bit apart but you still do love this person deep down. Well thats what i think at least.
One more thing tha i picked up this morn was John 15:13, Greater love has no one thn this, that he lay down his life for his friends. Now yes ok its not everyday that you have a gun to your friends head with a person saying i'm gunna kill you. But what does this look like in our own worlds. well do you do what is nescessary to at all times look out for your friends. Do you put them first even if you have had a busy week or are involved in so much? Do you make an effort in the relationship? The last question hits me. do i make an effort?....yes i answer that but others dont. And that at some points can be true but should i look at it that way no. I should be glad to have this friend who i know loves me but soemtimes doesnt make an effort for me. Thats so hard, and it seems so unrealistic for me. I am a type of person who needs some loven from other ppl especially my close friends. When i feel like i have been the one putting i the effort for a while i will not call for a while and let them call me for a change or somethig like that. sometimes inn doing this i get hurt or i am sad, beause i feel that my friends dont love me. But is that really it or are they just busy with their lives and such. I dunno i guess that is why they say you will only have a few ppl who you have a true loving relationship with and in those terms i mean friendship love. I dunoo...I guesss love is just a mystery and it will always take alot of work. But the good thing is the rewards are amazing. Smiles.
Peace. Pray for my sickness.

posted by Sojourner @ 5:53 PM