Abandoned. Rejected. Abused. All of these are difficult to endure. Perhaps the most difficult, ironically, is feeling loved.
Giving up on, walking away from, or sabotaging a good thing-these are all easier options than loving. Truly letting someone in entirely and enduring their desire to love you, knowing they will love so imperfectly, is really very difficult.
We will let each other down terribly. We will hurt each other in the process of trying to love each other. We will have to endure flawed love. This is quite a dilemma.
I find an ounce of peace when I realize Jesus' twelve best friends were a bunch of narcoleptic, betraying doubters whom he loved and stuck with despite their shortcomings. He saw the good in them beyond the bad, and he let them sit very close to him, even though they asked dumb questions and were generically annoying at times.
That is grace, the most primary and necessary ingredient in love.
Loving has nothing to do with getting it right all the time. Loving-the real deal that only God can help us do-always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. That kind of gracious loving never fails.
-Leeana Tankersley, Found Art
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