Love !n Mot!on

Thandi means love and I AM love in motion.God's life breath, daughter, sister, student and Gods purpose defined and liberated daily.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

GODLY LOVE FOR YOURSELF


This blog is called ERUDITION for a reason. I hope to share the experiences in my life and hopefully teach and learn from others because that is what life is partially about.

This week has being blessed and interesting. People I have seen and learned from. Days are brighter simply because I have set out to learn more about myself,life and what my purpose on earth is.

I realised that in order to find answers to this question I had to discover and learn many things.
So I thought I should start with LOVE because it is the foundation of all things pure and great in life.

O no,you say...Not another theory about love.But we all have theories about LOVE,so one more theory added to the list,wont harm you at all.

This journey started with a simple statement that I had come to realise:


In order to love someone,you have to know what love is.

So this is what I set out to seek and another realisation came to mind,


"this whole love thing comes back to me ,it starts with me".

The second thing I realised was that LOVE is not a noun,its a verb,a doing word.

So giving wholeheartedly and not expecting anything in return is what LOVE is all about. A perfect example will be God and Jesus.

God gave His only son so that we can once again be free of sin,Jesus gave of his life to teach and heal.They gave life ,truth ,true freedom,care ,kindness ,wisdom.They give freely.

Now I was stuck,If we talking about LOVE being defined in this manner ,where does LOVE for myself begin?

After this question consumed me ,more questions started to overwhelm me: How do I love myself enough to define it in me and thus give it to the ones I love /surrounding me?...

Once I started defining love for myself ,I noticed how I gave it ,how I shared it and mostly importantly ,how I refused to settle for something that did not come close to that LOVE.

This is where God comes in,looking at 1 Corinthians 13:8 I got a better understanding of LOVE.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.




When I started looking at each term and putting it into practise,the answer became more and more transparent.On days I could not define it,I felt it.

As I said in the beginning, this blog is called ERUDITION for a reason...We all constantly learning about everything and anything,but most importantly about our higher selves.We just need to open our eyes and minds to the possibilities.