I always hear stuff at the most opportune moment. A moment that can never be replaced. I always hear this song but for some reason it struck a HUGE chord today as I drove down the road. I drove to a place where love between two people may or may not exist. It's not shown, and where these two people have a hard time showing it to others. I don't really understand. You can look at Colby and I in public or at home and see the love between us. The love is deep, it's real, and it's beyond measure. It's a love that is existant everywhere we turn. Whether I'm risking my life for a few limbs, or sitting on the couch watching a movie. He is loving me! Yesterday we bought some firewood, and the kind gentleman delivered it to the bed of my truck here at the office. I got it back to the apartment. Naturally it had to be unloaded piece by piece as we could not lift the palet ourselves! I climbed in the bed of the truck to get after it, and all I heard from him was "baby please don't fall." There were a few times where this nearly happened, but the love in his eyes as he watched my every move in the back of that truck were unexplainable. So with that, I give you this!
Give It Away
(Michael W. Smith / Wayne Kirkpatrick / Amy Grant)
She asked him for forever
And a promise that would last
He said, "Babe, you know I love you
But I can't commit to that"
She said "Love isn't love
'Til you give it away"
A father lived in silence
Saw his son become a man
There was a distance felt between them
'Cause he could not understand
That love isn't love
'Til you give it away
You gotta give it away
Chorus:
As we live
Moving side by side
May we learn to give
Learn to sacrifice
We can entertain compassion
For a world in need of care
But the road of good intentions
Doesn't lead to anywhere
'Cause love isn't love
'Til you give it away
You gotta give it away
Chorus
Bridge:
Love is like a river
Flowing down from the giver of life
We drink from the water
And our thirst is no longer denied
You gotta give it away
Chorus
There was a man who walked on water
He came to set the people free
He was the ultimate example
Of what love can truly be
'Cause his love was his life
And he gave it away
You gotta give it away
Chorus
Like I said, I was driving down the road of life when I heard this. I go back to class tonight and sometimes I wonder what I could do if it weren't for the support of Colby! He has supported me and rooted for me in my corner for many years now! I'm so blessed to be able to say that I love him so very much, and his love for me is deeply rooted as well. I know that we have been blessed with each other.
God's love for us is much more than any woman or man could ever give us. I would say that a child's love is much like God's. It's not conditional at all. Children love with all they have and they definitely give love away. Have you ever heard a child say I love you and it not sound so genuine and so true? God's love is much like that. Children love us right where we are, faults, flaws, and imperfections! They just love! God loves us RIGHT WHERE WE ARE, faults, flaws, and imperfections. I know my God loves me because he is working in my heart and through me DAILY! Love is when you sacrifice your one and ONLY Son to suffer and die for someone else's sins so that they may live eternally! Now that is love!
Love isn't love 'til you give it away!
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