A Woman's Heart: Finding Love

HEAR, O ISRAEL: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Deut. 6:4-5 This commandment is not only for Israel, but it is for us as well. We are instructed to love the LORD our God with all our hearts, soul and strength. God wants us to love Him the most, but he also want you to know that He loves you the most. He loves you whether you can feel it or not. Love is not just a feeling (emotion) it is an action that is demonstrated by the one who loves you. If a man is abusing, using and confusing you, he DOES NOT love you. As my sister Rachel said, "A good man covers his wife." He will take care of you and help you and provide for you. He will not use, abuse and forsake you. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails." I Corinthians 13:4-8 God will never leave you or forsake you. He will protect you and so shall be the same for those who love you. So to add to my sister Rachel's saying, I believe and say, "A good man will cover, love and protect his wife." You may find it difficult to love God when you have not found the person who loves you only. So how do we find the one true love? Similar to finding God, we take the first 2 steps. 1) Love your self enough to open up you heart and let someone in 2) Take a step toward choosing to trust and love again. I understand that you may have been hurt, forsaken, and forgotten by that person that you thought loved you, but if you don't open up your heart again to the possibility of someone else loving you the door to love will always be shut. I was once with someone who hurt me deeply and when I met my husband I was pretty cold, bitter and angry. One day he told me, " I really care for you, but you are so hurt from your past that you won't allow me to show you how I feel. I am NOT the guy who hurt you." I did not realize I was doing everything to push him away. I did not feel as though I was worthy to have someone love me at the time. You see I was comfortable in my hurt and pain. I had gotten use to not having anyone to really care for me and who was he to start. Well, I decided to try love again. I looked at his heart and how he cared for me; I decided to let him in my heart and after 30 years of marriage he is in my heart deeper now than ever before. Please stop looking for love and began to accept and love yourself first. You cannot truly find love if love is not in you. You have to get rid of your bitterness, anger, hatred (all that junk) before you can be found by love. See the one who loves you may be right before you, but you can't see him because you are nursing your hurt and pain and that feels better than trying to get up and love again. Honestly, you cannot work when you sick and you cannot love fully when you are hurt. You have to be ready to get married before God will send someone your way who will ask you to marry. Why would He send you someone when you are not ready? Ask yourself, "Am I ready or do I still need to work on me?" Are you ready to begin again, love again and yes even cry again? Love will find you, you don't have to go looking for love when you are ready. One sign of being ready is you will have joy and peace in your soul. You will be happy without needing someone to make you happy. You will laugh at yourself and you will know that life is good again whether you are single or not. You will be in love with a life you are willing to share. For His Glory, Pastor Tricia "Love is patient." I Corinthians 13

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  1. UnknownSeptember 11, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    Amen!!! In rememberance of those who lost love ones during the tragic events of 9/11. Please allow love to come into your hearts.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    And now these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. The greatest of these is love. - 1 Cor 13:13.

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