Some people will go to great extremes to be loved and accepted.
They have a deep desire to be loved and accepted by family and their peers.
Although love is good for all of us it can only be good for us if it is real love. Love is the “total package” – love is spiritual and yet tenderly physical.
Simply being accepted by the crowd and patted on the back does not mean that we are loved.
Many people are popular and have many people liking them but they are very lonely people because deep down inside their “need” is love.
We should want to be loved for the right reasons.
Love is goodness, kindness.
People who love us are patient and wanting to see us get through our problems – their desire is to see our life come to God, and good.
There is no bragging or arrogance, meanness, boasting, envy or selfishness in love.
If people have these attributes then this will come out in their advice and support, be wary of such people.
Be wary of their advice, reasons and support.
We have all heard of the person who gives their body to people in the hope that sexual activities with others will bring them love or acceptance, but it brings them rejection, shame and sadness in the long run.
If we want love and acceptance, and we all do deep in our hearts, then it is wise to know what love is so that we know what it is that we are really after.
Love will satisfy the spirit and bring us great delight. There is no shame on love. And even if we are going through a bad patch love does not judge us.
All things good and decent are of love. God will only do things for us to bring us to genuine love – the love that brings peace and harmony to the soul.
If you feel that you are currently off track with your life, consider your understanding of the word love.
Consider what an innocent child thinks that love is. Consider what you want in your life and what you want for your future.
Consider who you listen to now.
Consider your options.
Think about what you really want and whether you are currently listening to the right person and going in the right direction to get what you “need” to go in.
Don’t let yourself down, do the right thing for you.
Think about what unconditional love really means.
All the best from
James M Sandbrook.