Everybody needs love.
Sometimes all you need is a touch… a hug, a pat on the back, a word of encouragement, or a little gift.
And as much as you may have God by your side, Life may be a little rough on you. The fight might leave you a little weary.
After you have done it all, prayed, and done all the spiritual gymnastics…
There’s an irreplaceable place for the need for someone. For love.
Yes, God is number one. Yes, you love Him so much. Yes, yes. And so does He.
He also didn’t put you on earth alone. He’s given you people.
Sometimes all you need is a little love to gas up your love tank so you can keep going.
There are days I’ve felt that all I needed was one hug, one gentle touch that says I care.
There are days all I needed to hear was you’ve got this, you’ll be okay.
I’ve fought through those days patting myself on the back when the touch never came. Maybe I was learning a few things about being strong. But, if I’m honest, it has never been easy.
Maybe it was a moment to build a healthy relationship with myself, to be content. Maybe.
But, one thing I know is…
There’s just an awestruck power when you show love to another in the way they can receive it.
But then, most of us end there… try to give it. But we’ve never learned to be open to receiving it. To allow it to permeate us.
I’m a victim.
I have been a believer in lone ranging and a one-man army. And maybe I still am and I’m learning this relationship thing. I’ve avoided people even when it seemed I was accompanying them. I’ve run away from them even if they were all around me.
Because somehow I believed that I could do it alone. Somehow I believed I don’t really need people per se.
Maybe I never knew how to receive love. Maybe I was still dealing with my insecurities.
But then, as much as how strong I might think I am, but with a laser beam honesty, I have learned that I need people.
A people to love, and to be loved by. A people to trust and to be trusted by. A people to need and to be needed by.
That lesson has taken a while to simmer. But I’m starting to learn it.
You need love. Everybody does.
May God be your first love. But may you share it with others. And may you receive it too.
Kisses, hugs, gifts, words, service all speak. I witnessed how a kiss followed by a gentle touch from a relative fueled my love tank. I witnessed that last Saturday.
It made me think about how much we need each other emotionally.
And perhaps we never talk about this very much, but we do.
Like many people, I have neglected my emotional needs so much. I’ve given them a blind eye. But, guess what, just because you ignore them, it doesn’t mean they’ll go away.
You need love. And you need to know how to receive it. Of course! It should be ethical. I’m not giving you a gate pass to do funny things.
I’m just saying learn how you receive love, and be conscious about your emotional needs. God meets our needs, that’s not just financial. That’s emotional as well. That I have struggled to believe.
But there’s a light I got last Saturday that re-kindled a hope for emotional satisfaction.
I’m to prove God here too.
