LOVE HURTS

Loving one another is one of the greatest commandments, but sometimes it challenges us a lot. It is easy to love if they are loving as you are, but if it goes along the way you expected, it becomes difficult to bear. It is hard to love if they are difficult to love.

Just today, as I contemplate God’s message, I was in awe of how the Lord rearranged and organized according to His ways. I know that He is great in so many ways. But I am always amazed at how the Lord rearranged things.

To love is the greatest gift that we can offer. We may serve and call our duty in our workplace because we would love to. We sacrifice and continue our life because we love our family. We answer missions because that is the way to express our love to Him. We accept and understand people because we loved them. Expressing love is not as easy as we know, because along with this we will be challenged, hurt, and sacrificed.

Embracing our personal profession is a way of loving. It gives us satisfaction when on the other end satisfied with our service. In loving the profession, I also try to love the environment that I am working. I believed that loving the whole system will give me more satisfaction and enjoyment. However, it might not be applicable in all circumstances. Your love for the whole system will never be equal to what they can offer. But one thing is for sure, the learning experience will mold you as a person and a professional. At the end of the day, loving them will not be taken away. But do not invalidate your feelings, embrace them! Feel the pain because the greatest lesson is at the end. Look at the final message and filled the journey with full of faith. Who would have thought I found joy in seeing those people who have hurt me?

Meanwhile, we build relationships with people. We establish friendships. Friendships turn into admiration at times which will make you whole or will break you! They remain blessings whether bad or good happened after.

Despite these things that might happen, hold, and behold that He is always in the midst of every relationship that we have. If we loved those people expect that loving us back might not be possible. Boundaries built on it. Our love for them is not the same as the love they will be offered. But remember, that it is okay! We set our non-negotiable and negotiables and the Lord wants the best for us, and not on the thought that we were. We might forget the saying to lean on His understanding, but in times that we may be lost, hold on to this! Let us lean on His understanding!

Friends, loving will not guarantee a bed of roses and a rainbow. But it will surely guarantee us a colorful life that is full of meaning. Seek the meaning, find the purpose, and hold on to practice in Loving our Neighbor. ‘Coz loving them is also a manifestation of loving Him back!

Enjoy the loving season, friends!

“Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts: then it is real and pure.” -Mother Theresa