The hardest part about love is the idea of giving without expectation of return. To check up on somebody who never thinks of you. To pray for someone who may never acknowledge your existence. To invest time pouring into somebody who will never reciprocate. It’s when you choose to let someone go. It’s when you desire the best for somebody, even when it means you don’t get to be a part of their life. It’s when you choose to be present and available, as a shepherd is present and available for their sheep. And all of this stems from the fact that we have a God who loved us when we didn’t care for Him. A God who gave up His very heart for us when we gave Him every reason not to.
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
Love is painful. It costs everything to give everything. Yet my Savior did it for me. So how could I hold my own love back from others?
“We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19)
Prayer:
Lord, I ask that you fill me so richly with your love and grace… that I may not look to others for what they can give to me, but instead to look to them in order to give – to give out of the abundance of what You have given me. I decide today: that people’s actions and/or inactions do not determine how I love – but You do!
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