Love...

I want to know the power of love...I want to feel its presence...I want it to caress me, feel me, complete me...my brokeness can only be completed through this neverending search of love...this earthly desire...something every human craves...something we crave...something we need to complete our broken hearts...yet all love comes with a journey...and that journey is ever so painful...tears are shed, bodies are bled...just to find what it is...just to get a glimpse of its ever powerful and glorious reign...do not deny it, you crave its warmth...no matter how much darkness resides in your soul...no matter how many souls you've crushed to help yourself...no matter how many times you've slipped into earthly sin...you crave it...it calls to you...it wants you to come to it...yet the thorns of darkness are in its way...as long as a single soul retains the fiery coals of darkness, so shall it remain...those unready to pass through the terrible thorns feel its wrath...and shape to the mold of the world...to avoid having to face these troubles head-on...'your not pretty...your stupid...you aren't good enough...you are just some scum that needs this...drugs will make you better...virgins are not cool anymore...alcohol will make you happy'...all of these and more are the way of the world...a whirlpool...trying to suck into the deepest hole, eventually getting caught in the black hole...never escaping the darkness...demeanting your trait of thought...changing you from the inside-out...turning you into an ever-craving demon left to wander the world in search of the one piece that completes you...love...they don't realize earthly love isn't the answer...none of us do...unless He's with you...unless you're walking in the Son...we are just humans...sacs of water with organic matter that functions...to preserve us...but why are we here?...in constant search of the thing that completes our presence...an unfinished puzzle in organic being...yet if we are just organic matter, why then do we have a soul?...was it made just to be incomplete?...just to cause us pain, turmoil, suffering, heartache, and the constant depression of failing to find the missing piece of the puzzle...and still, we do not know...we may never know...all any of us know is that we are still searching...longing...reaching out to grasp it...hold it...feel it...touch its streams of light...transform in its gaze...become the better person...yet this 'paradise' we call earth is against such change...such warmth...such light...the earth is darkness...a black hole...taking souls into its icy center...lacking the warmth...lacking the light...lacking all that completes us in a dark and unpleasant 'hell'...yet, it cannot take us at its own will...we must be able to let our guard down...give up...hand over our life to the way of the world...if this happens, the world will take you...it will shape you in its image...its reflection will be visible through you...all the rest of us will see how you've fallen...how you've given up...let your guard down...thought that taking this short cut would lead you to that one thing that completes you faster...the hatred of the world...still people think that worldly items will complete the shattered soul...shattered dreams...shattered hopes...'drugs...alcohol...power...sex'...temporary scapegoats to free us from the world as it is...temporary paradises that keep demanding...keep begging you to return...eventually, we want to return...we fall from the path towards what we search for...we must go to that scapegoat in order for it to give us 'freedom'...a ticket to escape from the world's troubles...feign love...this love is but an imposter...a fake...one that tempts you to give it your everything...one that will demand your all...one that will never fill that empty void in yourself

but there's hope...

one day, we will be helped...someone will pick us up...whether it is a friend or family member or complete stranger...His face will be present...right in front of you...your day will come...it will be your turn soon...but in case you don't know it, I'll tell you

I may not know you...you may be a complete stranger...or you could possibly be my greatest friend...reading this now...but, whether you're close or far...I want to tell you something...you are beautiful...more precious than anything on this earth...you are a treasure beyond worth...don't sell yourself short...if you've suffered great losses...I am sorry...let me comfort you...I want you to feel happy once more...to be overwhelmed with joy again...you are perfect in the eyes...of your perfect soulmate...I want to tell you...that I love you...I'm not gay, but I respect and love them anyway...it's not twisted or disgusting in any way...I care for you...no matter your looks...no matter your personality...no matter your orientation...I love you...I want you to know that...you are loved...you are forgiven...if you have hurt me...in any way...I forgive you...and I love you


With as much earthly love I can give you,


Christina


Isn't that nicely put? Everything she said is so true. My friend Christina wrote this more than a year ago and it's wonderful. What a better way to wrap this week's series of love devotions...Thanks!!!

By the way, here's a bible verse for today:

John 13:34-35
34 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”