Love is...


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"Love is handing your heart to someone and taking the risk that they will hand it back because they don't want it. That's why it's such a crushing ache on the inside. We gave away a part of ourselves and it wasn't wanted.

Love is a giving away of power. When we love, we give the other person the power in the relationship. They can do what they choose. They can do what they like with our love. They can reject it, they can accept it, they can step toward us in gratitude and appreciation.

Love is a giving away. When we love, we put ourselves out there, we expose ourselves, we allow ourselves to be vulnerable.


Love is giving up control. It's surrendering the desire to control the other person.The two -love and controlling power over the other person-are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all of the desires within us to manipulate the relationship. " -Rob Bell


Loving is a risk.
Well, God took that risk in loving us.
That says something.

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"Love wasn't put in your heart to stay. Love isn't love until you give it away."
~Michael W. Smith

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