love


A broken heart hurts. As someone who has experienced heartbreak, loss and rejection I can confirm that. The thing about love is that it can hurt. It can be beautiful, pure, and special. Or it can feel like someone stabbed your heart. It can be cruel and painful.
We are all searching for that one love, that love that doesn't end up wilting away.
The only love that is always beautiful and pure is God's love. That's the love we should always be searching for. While loving someone is a gift, it shouldn't be where we try to find love. We should already know we are loved. I know that's not easy. No one is perfect, everyone has flaws and insecurities. Everyone should know they are worthy of love. I know it can be sometimes hard to feel God's love in dark times, but He's always there.
You also deserve to be loved and treated like the valuable person you are. You are worth fighting for. Jesus died for you. Someone who stands you up or ignores you doesn't deserve you.

Psalm 89:2
2 Your unfailing love will last forever.
Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.

 1 John 4:16
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

 Psalm 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Ephesians 5:25
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her.

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