Love

Day Pickles.

What is love? Is love an emotion, a feeling? Or is a state of mind? A condition of the heart? If you answered all of the above, you are correct. But who is the perfect example of love? Your spouse? Your grandmother? Or God?

God, to the outside world, is terribly misunderstood. Most people walking out on the street, if asked if God was an example of pure love, would disagree. To people of this day and age, God is a harsh monster, giving you the most difficult trials. But is he really this?

Think of your mother. She nutures you, feeds you (even if you ARE a college aged couch potato) and raises you. But when she doesn't give you what you want, it is not out of anger or spite, but love.

But God is not your mother. He's more than that. He gave you each and every breath. He formed you in the womb. He set out each and every day for you before you even did them. Amazing! But what about when he tests you?

God wants you to fly. He wants you to be the best person you can be for him. Sort of like Peter Pan. In order to fly you need faith, trust, and pixie dust (the bible). Once you have those you can soar!

So is God love? Is he your rock? That is your decision to be made. You can decide to submit to the waves of temptation and sin that are pulling you into the sea, or grab onto the hand reaching out to you.