don't Give Up on Love

love. why is it the thing so many people mess up even though it's the most important thing in life? i think it's because they give up on love. innately, they know what a grandiose thing it is. but, maybe because they've seen it fail or fall short so many times, they give up that its grandeur can be reached. now, love has failed because of sin - not because of its nature. "Love never fails." I Cor. 13:8. in other words, the error lies in humans and not in love. yet, people give up on love. they think, whether consciously or not, that it is not attainable. and why try for something that is impossible to reach? so they decide, basically, that they'll take what they can get - at least try for a lesser love because it's the only love that can be had, and a lesser love is still love and better than no love at all. now, whether this thought process is thoroughly thought through depends upon the individual. nontheless, person after person shows it over and over in action. my question, then, is - well, why did God create us with such capacity for love if it was not meant to be attained? even more, He put such a deep-rooted longing and desire for not just second-rate love, but the whole, real thing. my answer is - yes, He did. we are made for it aren't we? He put such desires in us not so we could see ourselves fall short of it over and over again, but for the very purpose of desires - to point, then lead us into something that is bigger than ourselves which we would not have seen otherwise. desires, in their purest form, weren't meant to create a hole of lacking in us; they are meant to lead us to being whole.

(written April, 2008)