James Bond Love
Love. What a word. The word creates so many different thoughts and emotions in me every time I hear it. I think of so many people, so many memories and so many questions.
Love. There is so little we know about it too. There is so much more to be learned. Well, at least I have so much more to learn about it!
The people I have seen over these past days showed me love in action. They made 1 John 3:18 which says: "Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions," true in there own lives.
People can say all the time "oh I love you" or "Oh I care about you," but then when it comes to following through or sacrificing some part of themselves, whether it be pride or fear, their words have no more weight than a feather. I know this is how us humans think. I am one of them and I am guilty of saying things and not following through on them.
My friends over these past days have really been following through and making so many sacrifices to show their love to me. It is convicting to me to see how they love. It has shown me how much more I can and need to love others. It is so easy to get in our nice little comfort zones. We ask "How are you?" But we expect the usual one word answer and hope they'll be on their way. I want to take the time to invest in others the way it has been given to me. I want to show others love.
Love is so much more than just words. Love is action packed. More action packed than a James Bond movie! There is so much more room for me to grow in love. My love of God and my love for others needs to grow!
I want my love to be real too! No more sugar coated love, no more acting like I care without really caring. I also don't want to love others because it makes me feel good or important. I know I am guilty of that one too! That is so selfish of me to show people love because it makes me look and feel more holy. That is so wrong and I do not want to live like that. I don't want to love like that. I want to be real. I don't want to sugar coat things. I don't want a sugar coated loved for others.
posted by Kellie # 9:36 PM
