"The whole concept of the five love languages is learning to speak the other's language, not just perfecting your own."
Unconditional love. The pinnacle of perfection. Sought vainly in man, offered in God. Yet we are His image and therefore privileged to aspire on to loving more and more without condition. A love that offers whether the loved loves in return. A love that seeks the best for the other person. No longer a laundry list of "how to love me", loving can become an adventure in which we seek to discover and honor the uniqueness of the desires He has placed in us. Leaving aside the "easy" way where I tell you how to love me, we can strive toward spontaneous, unexpected, original expressions of love that show the beloved they are loved merely for being themselves, not for anything they have done, can do, or will do. Such love that was offered at the Cross now can be offered from our hearts as Another loves through us.
Teach me to love as You love. A love that does not seek its own. Realizing how undeservedly and freely You show me love, so now out of that love I can offer others a moonlit glimpse.
amen!
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