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Love.

I love you.  Love ya! Love you Mom.  I love my car.  I love ice-cream. I love my cat. I love roses. Love you, Son. I love waffles.  I love snow. 
Love.
Luv.
Love.
Why are we always “throwin’ love around”? When I say “I love you” I like for that person to know that I mean it.

I used to think that I would rather hear someone say, “I like you” because of how we throw love around.  This, however, caused a problem.

  
In the bars.  Where lots of people look for “love”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To just hear “I like you” means it is just as easy to switch moment by moment to “I hate you” or at least dislike you.  Without the foundation of unconditional love, there is no basis to choose or prefer someone.  It simply becomes moment by moment choice of I like what you are doing or I don’t.  There is no assurance of relationship.  No guarantee that no matter what I do you will still choose me.

By reserving the phrase “I love you” I was actually withholding love.  And at the same time building walls up against receiving love. 
The thing I wanted most, to be loved, turned out to be the thing I built up the most defenses against.

I even told people on my team, “don’t tell me you love me.”  To say that to someone is to practically thwart THEIR desire to offer me unconditional love.  Unconditional meaning that they are offering it to me BEFORE I’ve done anything to warrant it; that it isn’t coming as a result of something else.

 Telling Ta and Kung how much Jesus loves them.
 

Why would anyone say no to uncondtional love?!

Somewhere along the way I got my priorities confused.  i decided to spend my time throwin’ around sarcasm, or jokes, or pride or self-serving comments.  Of all the things I could and have spent my time throwin’ around, why not start “throwin’ love around”?
Why not stop reserving it and start sharing it?
Start throwin’ love on people instead of hurt or pride or sarcasm.  Start throwin’ love without sonditions such that people feel like they are allowed to be who they are without worry that love will be taken from them.

It’s about time I got it straight and started “throwin’ love around.”

 Praise Jesus!  Ta and Kung accepted Jesus into their hearts as their Lord!!!
 
 
To make you smile.