I had a Pastor many years ago that told me, "If you never take the risk to love, you will never know what you missed, Love hurts but it is worth the risk."
Love hurts!!! As I think about the 2013 year there are so many times across the year and even now that Love hurts. Situations, relationships, scary hurts, health problems, family issues. Love hurts!!!
If I put up a wall and never let the love sink in and follow my heart I will never have had the awesome power of loving someone or something with everything I have in my heart. Love flows!
Life deals us roses and thorns and sometimes the thorns are pretty hurtful! God said the greatest of these is love! What do we do when love hurts? How do we muster the strength to get through the storm so that love flows again?
I have grown in my relationship with God and learned so much about my spiritual being and allowed myself to be vulnerable and feel the joy, laughter, peace but in the midst of that I was dealt a heavy blow and it took the wind out of my sails. Now I need to pick up the pieces and learn to love again only in a different way. I need to accept the things I cannot change and courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. This is a hard one for me and I have to pray alot about this. You see I am a very giving person and sometimes to the point of forgetting myself and who I am. I tend to allow individuals take my individuality away! Then Love hurts!
So now the journey begins to find me! Love flows and flows like a river! God will be there to catch my back and there will be individuals along this journey that will catch my back as well. Love flows!
My wish for you is that although Love hurts let Love flow as the benefits surely outweigh the alternative. I wish you enough peace, joy, laughter and love to get through life's storms.
