Dear Child,
You desperately want love. You think that if you could be loved, that horrible pain in your heart would go away. But you've got to remember that love is an action, not a gushy feeling. The love you really dream about is the love of movies--the kind that you only live with for two hours. But when you truly love someone, you give them the power to hurt you really badly. And more than likely they will use that power. But that doesn't mean you won't ever love again. It doesn't mean you were mistaken in your love or that love is a bad thing. It just means you now know the agony of love.
Love is the stuff that takes you to the cross. It's the stuff that cuts open your side, rips open your back, and nails you to a tree. Love isn't always the wonderful dream you imagine it is, but it is the fulfillment of my will. It is the greatest command: to love the Lord you God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is why you crave it so much. And the movies are why when you have it, you doubt it-- because it's not all about feeling good.
When you desperately want love, when you want real love that will ease your heart, then the only place you can go to is me. The only arms that are big enough to wrap around you and heal you are mine. My love is the only love that won't ever hurt you. It is the only love that will never leave you, never forsake you. I never have anywhere else I have to go and I never have anything else I have to do. I am always with you and want nothing more than to share my love with you and take away the ache from your heart. Will you accept my love?
Love,
God
~ Taken from the book, 'The Dirt of Breaking Up' by Hayley DiMarco and Justin Lookadoo
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