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Love is a Battlefield
Yesterday, I came to one of those realizations that you somehow only feel could come from God...Firstly, I would like to say that I love my Father very much. My Dad told me one day that as my father he only wants what's best for his son and with that he hopes that i strive to be my own person and not like him. I see my Dad everyday, this faithful to God, caring, dedicated teacher and parent and over the last couple of years I've found it difficult not to aspire to in some way want to be more like him but also more like God through him. I am definitely not perfect, I make and have made mistakes. Some huge and some not so much but through them i've learned about the person I am and the end result of how I see myself. My father and i hadn't always been as close as we are now. I was a mummy's boy and so my Mother and I always had this understanding for one another and because of that I feel that is partly why my Dad makes sure that our relationship is solid because in a lot of ways I am so much like my Mom then i've realized.
After my Mom had a series of strokes it became hard for my Dad to give her the care she really needed from home and so for almost 3 yrs she's been living in a care home. It's never easy to go and see her when you know the person my mom is/was before she had the strokes because she can't speak or walk on her own now it's never easy. Yet, he goes to see his wife, everyday. See, most men they would have left, given up, seen other women etc but not him. I don't try to rant very much about faith because I know people are sensitive but for me just because i don't show it or speak about it a lot doesn't mean that i don't try to live it in most aspects of my life. Love is Love, but when you love someone the way the good Lord intended, it's perfect. In 1st Corinthians, we are told exactly what Love is... Love isn't always easy, because it means we have to care more about others than we do ourselves. Love isn't about going on dates, and having the other person buy you things. It isn't about financial stability or material things. It's not even about physical attraction because things like that can be easily lost and gained these days. Love is about a deep caring for the person, on a level you cannot even describe. Love is making yourself be patient, even when you don't want to be.
Love is being kind. It's being kind to someone, even when they are not being kind to you. To care more about their feelings than your own. To distance yourself when you actually want to pull closer to them.
Love does not envy, it does not want things for itself. This is the biggest mistake people make today, they see a relationship and they become envious. They compare their relationship to others, and forget what they have already. They start focusing on more, and on the things their partner cannot provide for them. Love is not envious, but it is gracious and thankful. Love is not proud. This means that when you love someone, you are willing to set aside your pride, and your dignity for them. You are willing to admit when you are wrong, and accept their comments and criticism... even when you don't want to and it has to be from both sides.
Love is not easily angered, and keeps no records of wrongs. My father loves my mom and still sees her as his wife and loves her as such and is extremely faithful to her. When I was married i remember the vows we took and I remember how many of them we didn't keep to each other. My Dad, He finds the good in everything he does and is thankful everyday even on hard days. He said to me, 'Walking away from someone is easy, knowing when to walk away when you should and doing it is hard, Loving someone is easy when everything is great, but loving that same person when things aren't will show the true nature of your love as well as you as people." He never gives up hope that one day he will have his wife home, that even if it's for a brief time that he will be with her as they should be, husband and wife. Others will not understand, sometimes I don't either but something small as what happened this week where I texted my Dad with good news and his response as he was visiting my Mother was "Congrats to you Ced from Me and your Mom" was to me though i was thankful, when i saw him and he told me why he texted that ended up meaning as much of the world to me as it did for him. She through her hands after telling her the good news, tapped him and then herself as if to say "Tell him Congrats from me too". I smiled while simultanouesly holding back tears. I haven't heard my mom's voice in almost 8 yrs yet to my Dad that was as good as her speaking it. It gave him hope.
Love. Love is hope, hope beyond hope. If you were to ask my Dad if he'd rather have my Mom home fully back to the person she was or a million dollars well, I'm sure you know the answer but he loves my Mom right now the same as he did 11 yrs ago before it all.
You cannot BE perfect, therefore there is no perfect person out there for you. You might as well be searching for a unicorn if you constantly are looking for someone that has every single thing you want in a mate. You can find your match though...And when you do, the things you both lack you will find in each other. Like if you are patient and your mate is not. One holds the others weight and vice versa. It's a two way street. I had an uncle my mom's youngest brother that passed a couple of years ago while i was away in Sweden, and he would tell me " You never get what you want all at once, God doesn't work like that especially when it comes to people. With relationships, the most lasting relationships happen because two people are brought together who are incomplete. Compare it to having two separate unfinished puzzles in your life and you are missing a piece, each one of you fits in each others empty space. So make sure that you are the shape of that space." We want to love someone in such a way that people don't understand it just like the way God wants us to love someone. So no matter what i'm going through or dealing with, I think of Dad and how hard it must be yet how much peace he has and somehow my problems or issues aren't that big of a deal. If there is a point to be made from the story of my mom it's this : Find the good in everything because it's there and see what is important to you and hold on to that. We forget that as people, sometimes i do too. Sometimes we forget to Love ourselves when we love someone else because we are so busy giving ourselves to someone that we forget to give a little time to remember who we are without them. If you are in love, Love for the right reasons. They enhance your life not hinder it. Love what's important in that person so when hard times come you remember why you fell in love with that person and what makes them worth fighting for. Love what makes you come home to them. Want what the guy upstairs wants you to have and not what the world thinks you should have in someone. Follow your heart even if it takes you to a dead end and don't be afraid because you can always turn around and find another road to follow. What you want may not always work out the way you want but it will always work out for the best.
I have seen perfect love, I have seen people make the tiniest excuses for why this didn't work, or this. We never look at ourselves, what we didn't do, what we could have done and it's not until we don't have that person or it could be something you once had or wanted that you start to regret past decisions. I am a prime example that love can exist even when you lose everything and have to start over again. When i look for someone to love i look at the heart first then their life second. A life can always change, situations like my parents can always change but you are not capable of changing someones heart. What's in a person's heart makes you want to be with them because it's truly who they are. So, hold the person you are with a little tighter today, but not too tight. Tell them how you feel, tell them you hate that they leave the toilet seat up or that you wish they were more ambitious. Speak your mind and don't ever let a small problem become a big one. Don't be afraid to hurt someone you love's feelings or call them out on their bs sometimes because it's all part of the journey because without Respect, you cannot have Love.
Love is being honest, being open, and accepting the other person's honesty and openness to you. And Love is wanting to protect the other person from all hurtful things... even yourself! It's worrying about hurting the other person, more than you worry about hurting yourself, or having them hurt you but not being afraid to say what they might not want to hear. Love is putting your trust in the other person, that they will take care of you and your heart because if they love you, they will anyway they can.
This is the kind of love we need to look for in a mate. This is the kind of love we need to find when pursuing a romantic relationship. And this is the kind of love we need to offer them in return. Because when you find true love, this kind of Godly love, then you have been truly blessed. This is the love my father has for my mother.
And when you find this kind of love, this true love, your relationship will survive anything that is thrown your way. Having "true love" doesn't mean that that person is perfect for you and has everything you've ever wanted but means the their love is perfect for you. As long as you and your mate stay focused sharing this Godly love with each other, your relationship will last. Because true love perseveres.
-Touristced
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