Ache
I have been thinking a lot about how to love others. This weekend I traveled to Tallahassee for a dear friend’s wedding. Over the course of the weekend I spent some quality time with a few people who have played a major role in my spiritual, intellectual, and emotional development. Yet at the same time, I have missed out on spending quality time with some of the people I love most.
Both the reuniting and missed experiences have made me realize — my love for those dearest to me aches like the opposite of a massage. Massages are uncomfortable on the surface but deep down they feel good. Love for another person feels good on the surface but deep inside there is an ache that makes you wonder how love could possibly be what God calls us to do.
As you well know, the pain we feel on earth is very temporary, although, some days feel like they will never end.
You should take comfort in knowing that all those people that you love and ache for, also love and ache for you. They understand your sacrifices and absence from their lives and they love you even more for your dedication and commitment to your dreams and your passions. You wouldn’t be you with out those things. Thank those people for loving you and they will love you more and you will feel even more loved.
God wanted our hearts to ache for love; he wants us to ache for his love, he wants us to ache to love those that are lost and he wants us to deeply understand the love he has for us and how he misses us when we are not following his path. God’s design is perfect, he has truly thought of everything; giving us those crazy emotions that drive us banana’s but ultimately we can’t live with out and they are needed for our growth and development.
Keep doing what your doing Nancy, God has you right where you belong, doing what your supposed to do and wondering why all the time……LOL!!!