It’s undeniable - THIS is LOVE.
The days, weeks and months pass while raising this child, offering a rainbow of emotions from anxiety to zeal. Your patience is tested and you are asked to make decisions not for yourself but what is best for another. Many times you awake in the middle of the night, shuffle to this child’s room and find peace within when you see them fast asleep. The tears well up as you feel their innocence.
It’s undeniable – THIS is LOVE.
As the months fade into years you often find yourself looking back on the beautiful memories of this child that made you laugh and even the ones that made you cry. The time passes quickly – each day seemingly faster than the one before. You have poured your heart and soul and breath of life into this child only to wake up one day and realize it was YOU who was given life.
It’s undeniable – THIS is LOVE.
We are called not only to love the children but each and every individual around us. It matters not if this assignment is easy or difficult – the stem hampered with thorns, still produces a captivating rose. Isn’t it time we take our eyes off ourselves and truly “see” another?
It’s undeniable – THIS is LOVE.
