*2 Peter 1:5-8 Yeah, make the effort and look it up if you want to know.
WHOA. Live journal has been neglected on massive levels.
I always wonder who truly reads this bologna anyway.
I mean people post their little comments, but 80% of the time, what they respond with has NOTHING whatsoever to do with what you posted, and you inevitably KNOW that they didn't really read a word you wrote.
All well. Moving on.
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
-Emily Dickinson
I couldn't figure it out. Why, if nobody will ever love me as Christ will, what need do I have to continue on this earth? It's torturous.
A friend told me that she wished she could show me love like I showed her, a love that I deserved. A couple days later, a friend called me and during our call, she told me that she would never be able to love me the way I loved her because it was a love she didn't understand. How can she hurt me repeatedly, and still, I love her, still I'm there to help her back to her feet when she falls? How can anyone love like that? She told me of the difference it has made to her, knowing she had that love. All this time, I didn't know anyone knew just how much I loved them, but a couple have seen it, and it has eased, if only a little, the pain which they have known.
Suddenly, I didn't feel as though this middle ground, this earthly life, was pointless. I knew that my life had all been worth it, even if that is the only good thing my life ever produces, it was worth it to know that I caused someone joy, or lessened their sadness...soothed their hurting heart.
See I've been struggling with love. I want to love and BE loved, but that's not real. What is real is selfless. When you love simply because your heart can't contain it, and what is returned is not a matter of discussion...that is REAL love.
I realized that I can't always be looking for what I'm getting but continue giving, and that's when it truly makes a difference.
So I'm going to continue loving all of you. Even those that neglect me, those that ignore my love for them, those that turn me away...I will continue to love you.
To those that love me, to those that recognize my love...I will continue to love you.
What is life without love?
And having said that...
I wonder how long you can ignore me. I wonder how long I can continue loving you all the while you sit in thoughts of all but me. I wonder how long it will take you to grow up...truly grow up and see the things that really matter. See that when all you have right now is gone, I'll still be here. I love you despite your ignorance and selfishness.
I always wonder who truly reads this bologna anyway.
I mean people post their little comments, but 80% of the time, what they respond with has NOTHING whatsoever to do with what you posted, and you inevitably KNOW that they didn't really read a word you wrote.
All well. Moving on.
If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
-Emily Dickinson
I couldn't figure it out. Why, if nobody will ever love me as Christ will, what need do I have to continue on this earth? It's torturous.
A friend told me that she wished she could show me love like I showed her, a love that I deserved. A couple days later, a friend called me and during our call, she told me that she would never be able to love me the way I loved her because it was a love she didn't understand. How can she hurt me repeatedly, and still, I love her, still I'm there to help her back to her feet when she falls? How can anyone love like that? She told me of the difference it has made to her, knowing she had that love. All this time, I didn't know anyone knew just how much I loved them, but a couple have seen it, and it has eased, if only a little, the pain which they have known.
Suddenly, I didn't feel as though this middle ground, this earthly life, was pointless. I knew that my life had all been worth it, even if that is the only good thing my life ever produces, it was worth it to know that I caused someone joy, or lessened their sadness...soothed their hurting heart.
See I've been struggling with love. I want to love and BE loved, but that's not real. What is real is selfless. When you love simply because your heart can't contain it, and what is returned is not a matter of discussion...that is REAL love.
I realized that I can't always be looking for what I'm getting but continue giving, and that's when it truly makes a difference.
So I'm going to continue loving all of you. Even those that neglect me, those that ignore my love for them, those that turn me away...I will continue to love you.
To those that love me, to those that recognize my love...I will continue to love you.
What is life without love?
And having said that...
I wonder how long you can ignore me. I wonder how long I can continue loving you all the while you sit in thoughts of all but me. I wonder how long it will take you to grow up...truly grow up and see the things that really matter. See that when all you have right now is gone, I'll still be here. I love you despite your ignorance and selfishness.