If I have no Love, I have nothing

I’ve been fascinated with Love for a while. Before my husband passed away, it was a fascination with how a person can love another person with such power, such raw electricity, such utter admiration. I was taken aback with how hard I fell in Love, how completely lucky and blessed that I felt. Before this Love I truly never knew what Love was. Once you experience this true Love, your mind shifts and you start to understand what this life is really about.

Since my Love left this earth, I have continued to be drawn by Love, curious of Love, ravenous for it’s meaning and wondrous power.

At our beautiful wedding we read this scripture.

1 Corinthians 13 1-3 ‘If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.’

This scripture is amazing. It is true, how often do you hear people speak of Love. You can be in New York or on the streets of Cambodia, and you will over hear others speak of Love. It is universal. It is real. It is God here with us. It is how we communicate. It is inside of us and it is what makes the good in the world. It is the opposite of bad. As this scripture says, if we do mighty things while we are here and have no Love..

We have nothing.

I’ve spent the last 8 months wanting to hurry this life up, I want to go be with my Love. I have spent time wondering what this life is about, what is the point? Why do I have to be here when Curt is not here? Why can’t I go be with him now, why can’t I hurry up this process of life?

What I’ve come up with thus far, is this.. This life matters. What we do here matters. Because God is Love, Love is what matters. We have a purpose to work towards. That purpose is not to have nice things or to have a family that you fight with or friends that you talk about behind their backs. The purpose is bigger and defined by Love. We are here to change things, we are here to make a difference, and we are here to leave this world different than it was when we were born.  

Each person has this task.

We live in a fallen world. How can we change the world while we are here? How can we do our part to increase it’s worth? We have a mission, and it is to answer this question. The first step is to have Love.

We cannot do this in the absence of Love, and since we know that God is Love and everything that is good in this world, we cannot do it in the absence of him.

Love with all you have. Find your mate and Love. Make a family and Love. Love them unconditionally, Love them quietly, Love them loudly, Love them until they die and you feel the opposite of Love, for it is worth it. Love ravenously, Love tenderly, Love without fear. Love respectfully, only allow respectful Love in your life. Love never hurts.

“Your joy is your sorrow unmasked”- Khalil Gibran.

For once you know Love, you understand the power it has. You can fulfill your purpose, you can make a difference. Your soul will dance and sing, preparing you for your next journey. A journey that we cannot see and cannot touch. A journey that only the power of Love can shape us for.

Ten thousand words on Love and it’s still not enough. I will continue to ponder and grow, knowing that Love is vast and deep and we have a lot to learn. Our curvy road of life will continue to teach us if we keep our minds open and our eyes set on the light.