I had love songs playing in the background this morning and these lyrics indicated that “love” is a hurricane, a candle. Bryan Adams sings that, “it makes you do all the crazy things you can’t explain” (I ‘love’ this song) Others indicate that it hurts, it burns, it’s everything, it’s a lie, it’s, makes you sacrifice, it’s amazing, Garth says, “he’d go hungry, he’d go blind, he’d crawl down an avenue”. (Wow, sounds painful)
Extreme states, “it’s more than words”.
To be honest I love listening to love songs, but they make me cry, so it’s not a good thing to keep it on very long. Most of the words don’t really make any sense, and we chuckle at the songs we thought were so cool in high school. Do any of these singers even have a clue what love is? I’m sure some of them do.
My daddy was one of my best valentines ever. Today I will go to place flowers on his grave and thank him for teaching me about true love. It’s working a 40 hour week to support those you love. It’s taking time to drop you off at the skating rink every Friday night in that bumper to bumper Olive Road traffic. He exemplified that staying with one person for life is God’s plan. It’s making sure you understood what it takes to make it out in the real world, and giving you the wings and quiet confidence needed. It’s taking you to church every week whether you wanted to go or not, because he knew that one day all of those Godly principles would save my soul and my life. I love and miss you Daddy.
While I DO NOT claim to be an authority on love, I have been taught this and will state it again….Love is a self sacrificing desire to meet the other’s needs. When you have found the one who will give up their own wants, needs, and desires to give you yours…you have found a true gem.
