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About telling the truth about love…
Proverbs 12:22 The LORD detests lying lips, but he
delights in men who are truthful. (NIV)
It is hard to tell the truth about love because we need love
so badly. To tell the truth about love means we have to tell about our need for love that
so many times remains unfilled. To tell the truth about our need for love means we may not
be able to deal with the truth after we have told it. Our plight in life is that we may
get a few wisps of love from others but we are sometimes still alone and still not loved
as much as we need by others. To tell this truth about our need for love begins to chip
away at our defenses against the reality of not having love in our life. Not having love
in our life can drive us insane. Not having love in our life to assuage the pain of life
sometimes leaves us so scarred and bruised we may not heal. Love cannot be manufactured or
made. Love exists and must be invited into our lives. To have love we must open the door
of our heart, regardless of our past hurt, and we must take the chance love will touch us
and fill our need. When we see Jesus we see the total embodiment of love God gave just for
us. Our need for love is filled by Jesus coming to earth, His dying on the Cross for our
sins, and His resurrection after being dead three days. When we learn to surrender our all
to Him, our all that we surrender opens our heart so His love can flow into us and fill
our hearts with peace, joy, contentment, and love beyond our words to describe.
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