"If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them."
Why is it that we walk around this earth holding out on letting people know that we love them? Do we count on having tomorrow, or the day after, to say all that we wish to convey? Do we not know how to express all that we feel? Are we afraid to share it all?
Love, in its truest form, drives out all fear...all darkness...and brings only joy. But when we look around our world, sometimes its hard to believe that this love could actually exist. Yet despite every heartache we have ever faced, every disappointment we have ever experienced, we still seek this love because our hearts know that it is real! There is someone who will always be able to give us the love that we need - the love that drives out all fear, all doubt, all sadness - and that someone is Jesus. At the core of our being we know this to be an infallible truth.
Yes, Jesus gives His love freely to us and always will, even when we reject it time and time again. But acceptance of His fearless love for us is not enough - we must share that love with all of the world in the same way that He has freely shared it with us.
Love with reckless abandon - do not fear whether or not that love will be accepted. Tell those that you love how much they really mean to you - we are only guaranteed the moment we are in right now. Extend that love to those you don't know - everyone, whether they realize it or not, is seeking the true and fearless love of Jesus Christ...extend them the invitation.
Time to go take my own advice.
In His Love,
Lindsey
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