Love ALWAYS...

"It ALWAYS protects, ALWAYS trusts, ALWAYS hopes, ALWAYS perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13:7

Love ALWAYS...

Love is so much more than a word, so much more than a feeling. Love is not only a verb as it stands alone, but it ALWAYS attaches itself to another action word. Trust. Hope. Protect. Love is ALWAYS doing something. There is nothing half done about it.

Just imagine with me, for a moment, a relationship where love ALWAYS went beyond the expectation. A relationship where love ALWAYS tried to outdo itself instead of outdo the other person. That's what Love Himself did. He created the universe and it was good. He created man and woman and that was good. Then He sent His Son to pay for what humanity had done and that was good; that was perfect. And now, everyday, He shows something more, something bigger, something greater than ourselves.

He says, "You shall love Me because I have ALWAYS..." (fill in the blank). What has He ALWAYS done for you? What had Love ALWAYS done for you?

There are plenty of ways to love wrong, but only one way to do it right, and that is ALL the way! ALL the time! ALWAYS!

Sometimes love will look like patience, or grace, or even silence. Sometimes love will be letting go, accepting change, even moving on. Sometimes love will feel thankless, meaningless, and sometimes it's exhausting. But love is ALWAYS present when the heart is willing to do it right, whatever the cost of that may be.

LOVE ALWAYS...