What is love?

What is love?
Let me count the ways in which I have loved...

I have given without counting the cost
I have loved with abandonment
I have forgiven deep hurts
I have learnt to trust better
I have learnt to be more open; to be less guarded; and to give other people a chance
I have come to see that the best gifts are those that are given freely
I have come to see that you cannot define or set parameters for the ways that people love
Each person loves differently. flawed tho' it maybe. It is still love
and when we can recognize that
we can learn to embrace life.
We can learn to truly love and live.

Let me count the ways in which I have been loved...

I have been created by a God who loves me regardless;
who gives me unconditional love
who does not care for the accolades, the acheivements
the successes in my life,
instead, he cares for the well-being of my soul.
The obedience and trust that he seeks from me.
Yet in spite of all this, he trusted me with a powerful powerful
thing called, 'FREE WILL'

yes indeed. He took the risk to give me free will
the God who died for me on the cross.
That is love.

Let me count the ways I have been loved again.. by those I hold dear to me on
planet earth

I have been forgiven
I have been accepted for who I am
I have been helped and received in my times of need
I have been sought out by people who saw beauty in me
I have been treasured by friends and family who
have had faith in me, who could see the good in me,
even when I could not see it in myself

I have been embraced
I have been held in my weakest moments
My hand has been held by people dear to me

I have been trusted
I have been confided in
I have been able to confide in many people who truly cared.
I have been guided
I have been led
I have been trusted
I have experienced love that tried
it's best to meet me in my deepest need.
I have been chastised by a love that demands
my spiritual growth.
Even though it was hard.

I have been loved.

And I have loved.

If I should go today to meet my maker.

I would have no regrets.

Because love has always guided me.

And will always be there with me...

even beyond the grave.