Loving God's Way

Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not conceited, does not act improperly, is not selfish, is not provoked, and does not keep a record of wrongs.
1 Corinthians 13:4‭-‬5 HCSB

God's love is not emotional, yet it can be felt. It is solid, eternal, true and uncompromising.

Yesterday I said goodbye to the young men we took treking with us. I had grown to love them and appreciate them. I want the best for them and most of all I want Christ for them.

Human love tends to spoil, act selfishly and depends on feelings. I remember, as a mother, i was emotionally attached to my children and was inclined to spoil them with gifts. I think i perhaps over did it at times. As my children grew up i had to learn to separate my emotions from them and allow them to leave and cleave to their spouse. As they brought children into the world I became emotionally attached to them but again realised they were not mine and emotional attachment was not good for them or me. I now love them but do not depend on the relationship for emotional sustenance.

I am grateful i have learned to rely on the Lord for emotional sustenance and release those in my world that I love to be as God intends. Now I can be a better daughter, mother and grandmother and even friend.

Requiring emotional sustenance is normal but our source must be God otherwise we create idols in our lives and there is only one God. I think the reason we have fractured relationships is because we have expectations from our relationships which are not healthy for us or others. We must release others from wrong expectations and allow them to be people and seek our fulfillment in Christ alone. Amen!