How can you be sure you are experiencing love?
How do you know when you are being loved?
We would all like to be loved more and feel full of love But I have a question for you. “How do you know for sure THAT you are experiencing love?” in other words
“How do you experience love, and how do you KNOW you are experiencing it?”
Funny question isn’t it. Do you feel love when you’re biting into your favorite chocolate or candy? Of course not! Well maybe sometimes? If you’re sharing it with that loving special person! So how do you know that you have been truly loved by somebody.
Wouldn’t it be lovely if you had a little lamp on the end of your nose that lit up every time you experienced love so that you and others would know it? No, it’s not quite that simple. Are you experiencing love when you receive a phone call from your favorite friend or a distant loved one? What about when you get up out of bed, and it’s a holiday, the sun is shining and the sky is blue. You’re full of energy, you feel great – is that love?
Do you for instance experience love when a friend gives you an unexpected gift? Are good feelings equivalent to love? What do you think? Does it follow then that if someone can make you feel good, that you’re being loved? If that’s so then there are some people that you and I could never love, because they live deep in the valley of depression and misery despite their comfortable circumstances. Does that also mean that it is easier to love a person who is in a good mood than someone who is angry? Are you feeling loved when you get what you’ve wanted for a long time? It may be a new gadget, a new relationship, a promotion, perhaps some extra income. Do you really feel unloved until you get the item?
If you’re expecting a definitive clear answer to these questions from me, you’ll be disappointed.
How we experience love is a very complex and personal matter. Built upon our associations of experiencing love through a variety of activities in our past. We may experience love found in a special touch, an encouraging word, a special gift, some quality time or even from an act of service. So what makes you feel loved? Really loved?
Take some time during the next 48 hours to notice when you know you are loved or feel loved, and what happened to make it so. I guarantee that if you do that for the next 48 hours, you will see loving in a new light. Every time you notice that you are experiencing love, thank God for it, it is a gift from God to experience and to share real love.
We all are seeking love, and yet most of us do not even know when we are getting it or not. How can we expect to find love if we cannot even recognize it?
“Find love in your life, and never ever, ever let go of it.” |
