''I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.''
--julia roberts/knotting hill
...
don't we all have this deep need to be loved...
not speaking only to romantic love (even though the quote leans to that thought...)
among our friends
our family
and yes
our husbands/wives/significant others.
we all want to be loved.
completely.
...
we want to have a soft place to fall...
we want them to know us
the ugly parts,
the insecurities,
the failures,
the unlovable parts...
and we want them to say,
to affirm us...
...
anyway.
...
hollywood and books tend to build this up in a most unrealistic fashion...
because
real life
isn't hollywood
nor a book
...
and our expectations go unmet
because they aren't based on anything that is reachable...
...
have you noticed how when people are in love, feel loved, they walk with an air of confidence...a knowing...a security?
...
Christ says, "I have love you with an everlasting love..."
and yet, we walk around
unsure
...
we discredit the very woo-er of the universe
by not boldly
walking in the assurance
the confidence
that we are loved beyond measure.
He treasures us...
adores us...
dances over us...
he knows us
and I mean KNOWS us...
he knows our motives
our thoughts
our deepest secrets
and he looks at us
with a love so deep and strong
it should take our breath away...
...
cause he is standing there
just asking us
to love him.
[swoon]
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