Love is...
Today I responded to a blog that asked the question, what is love to you?
My response was:
Love is...
Us nurturing and growing each other's life, making our lives better, changing circumstances around us with all the resources we are, making our existence better. We become more than we could have been without each other.
To me there is nothing like "falling" in love with the anticipation of being with a person for the rest of our days upon the face of this earth. This is God's perfect plan for imperfect beings. We have no guarantees, however I am so grateful that he gives us the necessary tools to accomplish it.
The picture in my mind is that of a gardener. The gardener plants the seed. He waits for it to sprout. If the sprout is in a container, he transplants it from the container to the earth. The gardener with give time energy to keep healthy until the sprout until it grows into maturity. He cares for the plant by dressing it and keeping it. He rids it of all weeds and all that would choke it out. He protects it from predators. He makes sure it has every thing it needs to survive. He provides a steady supply of sunshine water and nutrients as components it must have to maintain its integrity.
By my illustration we are gardeners to each others life. We are the caregivers and caretakers of each others lives.
Love for me is, providing and receiving the care that can be given by each of the couple.
For me it gives meaning to the phrase, we love God because he first loved us
Some purposely choose to have love weighted to their side to accommodate their needs only. Some do not know how to give of themselves in love. Love is not one-sided nor is it always equally balanced.
We go from marriage to marriage until we get it right. Love is more than a "me" thing.
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