As I have matured, however, I have found that the most satisfying love is the one that you can count on no matter what life throws your way. Whether happy or sad, love improves the outlook. Experiencing an event with someone who loves you fully deepens both the love and the experience.
There is no time frame for enduring love. It can happen in an instant, as you make a lifelong connection with someone, or it can take many years of building. But when you have that love between you, there is confidence born of assurance that you can be fully yourself and accepted as you are. There is nothing more satisfying than being loved, flaws and all, by someone who sees you clearly.
God loves us purely, compassionately, wholly for ourselves. Jesus, God in human form, loved many people in his time on earth. His love for his mother and his friends, and their love for him, is written through all his Biblical stories. That it was so important for him is a testament to the importance of the support and uplift it provides for us as we make our way through this confusing life. His love is the model for our love, and we are told to love one another as he has loved us. Although we are human and imperfect, and we fall short, it is a goal to strive for.
Love does not always come with crashing cymbals and fireworks lighting up our universe. Sometimes it sneaks up on us, stealing our hearts with quiet certitude that it is right. But however it comes, it is necessary, vital for happiness and joy in this world. Sharing the experience of living is the human manifestation of God's love for us.
Today, I am grateful for enduring love. The safety net it provides gives me peace and shelter in the face of an ever changing world, and I see God in each moment I spend with those who love me the most. In today's fractured world, I am reminded of the words of the Apostle Paul in his letter to the divided people of Corinth,
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
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