Love comes softly

Yes! This post is about love. Do i even dare venture unto 'uncharted territory'? *squints and looks around* I probably shouldn't but angels do not dread these grounds so i should be safe. I pray i do this post the justice it deserves.

What really is love? 'The feeling you feel when you feel a feeling you've never felt before?' or perhaps it is 'that warm feeling you get when you see the object of your affection? I'm as mortal as the next girl so forgive me if i don't give you a more precise meaning. Well maybe i just did. Love can not be defined. Even the bible describes it using a series of words.

Some people say, you can have love at first sight, another school of thought refutes that theory vehemently and insists that love grows. Feel free to choose a side of the fence or you could go with both theories. After all God loved us even before 'first sight' and His love has remained constant ever since.  That must be what makes agape so perfect and amazing. So perfect because it comes from the most perfect being. Divine love, how truly sweet it is. A love so reliable you can stake your life on it. Thank you Jesus for your love. Forgive me, i got  carried away there but that is the thing about God's love, its love to talk about, sing about, and even tweet about. 

In relation to us humans, permit me to be a bit partial and go with the second school of thought because the way i see it love does come softly. You may not feel it right away but when you are with the right person, you wake up one morning and realize wow!i actually do love him/her. You don't know what exactly it is about said party but you know this for sure, it definitely is love. Love shouldn't be based on looks, wealth and possessions. This is because when all that fades, love should remain and if it doesn't then it probably wasn't love in the first place. I'm just saying.

I see love as the purest and most selfless emotion. Without fault or wrinkle.

Its rather unfortunate, the word has been so abused and misused, you can barely recognize it even when its staring you in the face because you've been hurt so many times, you've lost count.  I don't fault those who don't trust love anymore. I mean you can only be heart broken so many times it smacks some sense into you. I pray you find someone that understands the true meaning of love because when you do, all your hurt will be forgotten. 

Most importantly though i will like to recommend you to God. His love doesn't come softly, you don't have to earn it. He already loves you. Yes just like that. And the most amazing thing is, that love never wanes even a teensy weeny bit. So read your bible and find rest in God's love, then love yourself and your neighbour as much as yourself. This will broaden your understanding of the word, then and only then will you be able to see love with crystal clear eyes for what it really is.

 Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy;love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;does not behave rudely; does not seek its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoices in the truth. Love never fails.