Thoughts on Love::

Today was a strange day....it was full, very full- yet not so productive.
I've been thinking about love and what a risk it is to truly open your heart to someone. Doesn't it make sense that if you open your heart to passionately loving a person that you open your heart to the possibility of being wrecked beyond imagination.

I have someone really special in my life right now and we have done a whole lot of talking about the fears that come with what it means to really love another.

I've been hurt before and believe me...there are not many days that go by that I don't think about how the safer route would be just to not let anyone in, no one gets into that intimate, vulnerable side of me.

But, then I have to ask myself....What kind of existance is that? Yes, I can choose that route, but then I will never experience the fullness, the richness, the passion that comes with allowing another to love me in my most hidden places....allowing another to love me with the depth of soul that I desire to be loved with.

If I choose to run away for fear of being broken, then where does that lead me? Other than to a life of isolation & lonliness.

I believe wholeheartedly that it is worth the risk & this is where God comes into play: experience tells me that God is faithful. He will not leave us. He has been faithful to tend to my broken heart in the past and I trust him to take care of me when my heart is broken again (as I am sure that it will be).

God is truly faithful.

Check out this song by Sara Groves, it goes with all these ponderings about love:
Loving a person just the way they are, it's no small thing
It takes some time to see things through
Sometimes things change, sometimes we're waiting
We need grace either way
Hold on to me I'll hold on to you
Let's find out the beauty of seeing things through

There's a lot of pain in reaching out and trying
It's a vulnerable place to be
Love and pride can't occupy the same spaces baby Only one makes you free
Hold on to me I'll hold on to you
Let's find out the beauty of seeing things through

If we go looking for offense We're going to find it
If we go looking for real love We're going to find it

Loving a person just the way they are, it's no small thing.
It's the whole thing

I love driving in my car at night and just listening to this song over and over again...it propels me into an endless cycle of contemplations, but that's not really uncommon for me.

But, this idea of loving someone just as they are: I love how the artist says...."it's no small thing, it's the whole thing".

it's just a beautiful little song that resonates with my spirit & challenges me to take the risk that comes with falling in love. I still have faith in the power of our heart and soul to bring healing and freedom, simply by loving someone just the way that they are.