Greetings Dear Reader,
It is likely that I have written about love more often than
any other topic. It is the core of all
that we are to be about. It is also a
source of great pain for many. It would
be irresponsible of me to not consider the fear that can accompany love.
The overarching truth about loving others is that people can
hurt you. They can break your heart and
they do not always stay true to their promises concerning love. I would say that if we dare to love, we are
going to get hurt. I will also say that
it is worth it.
A further difficulty, one that plagues me, is that past hurts
can cause one to resist being loved by others.
It is another way that I have foolishly tried to control my
environment. Instead of trusting the love
of the Father to be sufficient for me, I try to control things. I resist that
people express love the way that they are comfortable doing so.
When we resist love, we create a burden for those trying to
love us. We become stony and we frustrate
those who love us. Our fear of receiving
and then losing love causes us to resist it.
The only defense against this is to stop trying to be loved and to, instead,
seek to love others.
In the words of Saint Francis, I must “seek to love, rather
than to be loved.” This will cast out my
fear and perfect my ability to love others.
It will cause me to keep my eyes on Christ. It will cause me to do less harm. We fear love because we can be hurt. What we must accept is that the love of
Christ for us is sufficient and will not abandon us.
As we journey home, Dear Reader, we can spend our energy on
fear. We can also choose to spend it on loving
each other. We can hold ourselves secure
in the love of Christ given to us freely.
It takes faith but I am learning how well it works. We can discuss this all you wish.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every
writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Every human story is part of the great story that leads
to the Father getting everything back to Good.
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Thorn:
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