Love is a fight...

Love is a fight...a fight full of struggles, tears, and sleepless nights...love is worth fighting for!  So...originally, I got this tattoo because I've learned along the way that I fight hard for the things that I love and if you get me started talking, it won't take you long to realize what I'm really passionate about.  And my sister gives the perfect description of this passion and love on her blog: http://crystalmeeks.blogspot.com   

But, on the flip side, I have also learned that LOVING is a fight. A fight against everything that we are made of, a fight against the flesh, a fight against yourself, and a fight against everyone around you.  The world has given us this definition of love that we're supposed to accept as true but real unconditional love that loves without fault is rarely shown.  And sometimes love isn't always easy even though that's the very thing that God has called us to do.  Sometimes the very human part of us that is so imperfect doesn't want to love.  Sometimes walking away in anger and pushing others away is easier than responding in love.  Sometimes some people just honestly aren't easy to love.  Sometimes the situations that we're in aren't easy to love and while we're in those situations, we become so caught up in our problems that we forget to love anything. Sometimes loving seems to be impossible no matter how hard we fight against everything around us.  

BUT...there is good news!!! 

God wouldn't call us to do anything that is impossible. It's impossible on our own, of course, because if we could do it on our own then why would we need Him and why would we give Him the glory for anything??? Yep, God's smart, smarter than we give Him credit for.  He calls us to do the impossible because it's only when we're desperate for Him that He can draw us closer to Himself.

So, God love through me even when I can't...love through me when I don't want to...love through me when I want to run away in anger...love through me because at the end of the day, You are the source of my love and apart from You I can't even know or experience love...