Real Love

When I was expecting my oldest, my son, I was amazed by the bond that we created while he was still growing inside me. When he was restless and bouncing unmercifully, I soon learned that when I sang to him, he would grow still. It was that way even after he was born. As a baby I could sing the silliest of songs and it would lull my baby boy to sleep.

When I learned that I was expecting baby Kerrington, I went into a panic! I had so much love for Kevin that I was uncertain how well I would be able to love a new baby. After miscarrying, I felt that my son had saved my sanity. He saved me, his mommy and didn't even know it. So we shared a special kind of love--my first born. I was afraid that I didn't have the capacity to love them both equally and fairly. I worried about that the entire pregnancy.

After she was born, and as we grew together, I learned that not only was I capable of loving them both completely and fully but also separately and wholly. They are the best parts of me...one with an eye for fashion, the other possesses an artistic flair. Both of them lovers, sensitive, articulate and bright. One is moody, the other is pensive and observant. Male and female, one is left-handed the other right. They are both so different and still so much the same. Both deserving of the love that only a mother can give. And I am happy to oblige them, they are my delight, my gifts from God.

My friend, this is how the Father loves us, separate but equal. We are without a doubt different in almost every way possible and still He loves us just the same. How awesome is that? As a young mother, I feared that there was not enough of my love to go around. I have found that not only do I have enough, God has graced me with more than enough. Scripture says in 1 Corinthians 13:4–8 "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 ... "

True love, be it eros (erotic love), friendship (brotherly love) or agape (divine love) is a gift from God. Embrace it, cherish and revel in it.

Here's Our Prayer:
Father in Heaven, thank You for Your love for me. And for the love that You have shown to me, through human touch. I am ever grateful that I have been loved wholly and completely. Help me to extend Your love to others, so that we may touch the world and affect them with the love of Your Son, Jesus. Amen.