Love Jones

Love is such a popular word nowaday. We love everything from our family to the dog to our favorite dish. I often wonder what is love in its purest form. To love there must be a sense of selflessness mixed with a sprinkle of selfishness. As oxymoronic as that statement is, it is very true. One loves with the expectation to at least receive back the same love. It's very few instances where we love without reciprocity in mind. Just think of the times you've been the lowest and I can bet it's been when you have invested in someone and didn't receive the same effort in return. I'll wait while you process that thought........ We most practice selfless love when it comes to our children. Now, to be clear, I don't have children but I can imagine to an extent the intensity of a parent's love. A parent loves at the cost of risking their own existence for the continuation continuation of their child's life. Instead of belittling a child for not being on our level, we do everything possible to raise the child to grandeur and a platform of success that is higher than our own. Why?????? Because there is pure love flowing. Our charge by God is to love one another with the same love that He has shown us. God has love that supercedes that of parent to child and we are commissioned to love each other in that manner. WOW!!! It's a high charge but if it's what God wants, then understand that He had equipped you to do it. We mustn't niggardly restrain love, but allow it to flow like a raging sea. In closing,I challenge you to go love someone today. Not in a self fulfilling way, but love today like God loves you. Be blessed today!!!!!