Love

I was talking to my Aunt Tamara tonight about being thankful for so many blessings we have seen and felt and experienced in the last few months. I told her that I couldn’t imagine how Scott and I could have made it without the support of my parents. I began to cry, overcome with gratitude- so filled with gratefulness for them that nothing I could ever do would be enough to repay their love. But, love is like that, isn’t it?

My mother has told me many times that when you love someone unconditionally, there is no debt. There is nothing to repay. The only interest we owe is to love in return.

That is how Christ feels about His love for us. He only asks that we love in return. There are no rules to loving genuinely, really. Just follow His lead, and it will resonate through you. Others will see it. But, most importantly, others will feel it.

It is the most limitless of all resources. It promotes health, heals wounds, comforts the dying, brings joy to the sad. It has no boundaries, knows no race, cares nothing of past sins, and it does not discriminate among social and financial classes. It is a verb. It is something we do. It costs nothing, yet is the most priceless gift one can receive. And when we give it, we receive it ten fold.

My parents’ love, alone, has been such a source of strength throughout my life, and today I am more thankful for it than ever. Happy Thanksgiving.