Tonight I received a token of Love. As simple as it may seem, it was a dress. A very vivid and colorful one. Intricate in detail, yet its message is clear: love. I cannot seem to fully comprehend the joy swirling inside of me since receiving it.
Do we know? Do we understand? Love is meant to be the foundation of our lives. That deep-seated, selfless sacrifice of care was intended to permeate our beings: spirit, soul - including the mind, the will, and the emotions - and our bodies. With everything, love.
But what happens when there is a miscommunication of love? What if we don't quite get the way someone is expressing love to us? And in the midst of all of this... What if we feel an absence of love?
Oh, how easy it is. When the foundation is sandy, rocky, and unstable. Some days there is security and peace. Other days, such as when there is an absence of tangible expression, a raging sea ensues. How can you forget people care? How can that not take hold? I do not know, though I wish I did. It's an internal tempest, a raging storm that slyly messes with everything...
As a result we beat ourselves up. We take hold of the baseball bat and slam ourselves! As a result we tell ourselves, "No one really cares! What's the point?" As a result we retreat inward, feeling stupid, feeling wrong at every movement or word. Like a child immediately withdrawing her hand from a hot pot, so 'STUPID' flashes before our mind's eye. But what is the truth?
The truth is not any of those things. The truth is that every word, every glance, every moment of our being has intense value. As Jesus speaks this truth to our hearts in the Song of Solomon: Show me your face, let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. To know that God knows every thought, that nothing escapes His notice... That He has intense care and devotion to us and is always with us... That beckons and calls us to relinquish all control and just trust.
So in the end, this expression of love spoke volumes to my heart. It melted yet another layer of the hardness and callousness. The love is soothing the aches and smoothing the rocky foundation of my being.
God is definitely good and answers the desires of our hearts. To know His providential care through those around us is something I cherish.
Thank you, Jesus.
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