Learning Love

   

     Love sounds like it would be something that is easy.  I mean, it is only a four letter word that we learn to spell early in life.  How hard can it be.  It is easy enough to say.  I tell all my friends that I love then when we separate or get off the phone.  I do mean it.  However, agape love is more than just having good feelings.  True God like love must be learned.  It doesn't come natural.  I have been praying for years that God to open my heart and teach me how to love like He loves.
     Learning to love like a Christian is supposed to love is one of the reasons I have become a missionary.  This kind of love opens my eyes to see the hurt of others.  To get past my own personal life and realize that it is not all about what makes me happy or my life easier.  Learning to love like God is learning what sacrifice really is.  Learning that some sacrifices will not be sacrifices at all.  Learning the more I give of my heart, myself, my possessions, my time will mean the more blessed my life will be.  I love to watch God work around me.  Missions is not about me, but I receive so much for doing it.  Please be praying that I keep my focus on God and not the things in this world that weighs us all down.  I pray that we all see God's loving gifts that He presents us daily, sometimes hourly.