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SO
I ASKED GOD TO SHOW ME LOVE.
I
wanted to "see" the splendor of a God given gift. As I learned about LOVE
after praying to God to teach me, I employed it in my daily life. Those
who benefited from my efforts felt, at times, as though I was trying too
hard. I then had to explain that although it may seem that "they" were
receiving alot, it was also "I" who was receiving ENERGIES and PEACE OF
MIND as a "reward" of my employment of LOVE. But sometimes people have
different interpretations of LOVE. How could they, with THEIR understanding,
understand MY love?
I continued to learn about LOVE and kept employing it. I kept receiving more and more and came to be able to DEPEND on the benefits I could receive from my employment of LOVE.
THIS
PROVED TO BE AN UNLIMITED GIFT FROM GOD.
All
was going well. Then came the unforeseeable. One of the people who was
receiving benefits from my LOVE felt a "pressure" from that LOVE. That
person explained to me that they felt I had other motives (human in nature)
for the LOVE I was employing. I talked with a respected elder and found
out that it is not only possible, but highly probable, that people can
only receive certain levels of LOVE, and that any level beyond what they
are "ready" for will not serve them or LOVE. I was informed that I needed
to GAUGE how much LOVE to employ on a person to person basis so as not
to OVERWHELM the intended receiver of my LOVE efforts.
I
SPENT THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH UNLIMITED AND PAINFUL TEARS.
I
thought that I had been shown an unlimited gift from the LORD GOD Himself
that had no limits, and now was exposed to the possibility, and possibly
the fact, that I could NOT use the full level of LOVE that I was learning.
I suffered a few days about this let down until I came upon some thoughts,
thoughts that I feel were supplied to me from God. I became aware of the
fact that my level of LOVE given does NOT have to be limited. That if any
intended "target" of my love could not "handle" my LOVE I could allow them
the space they needed while I could spend my time and efforts allowing
others to benefit from my LOVE. Thus I would NOT be limited by human understanding,
and possibly limited understanding, of LOVE. Also, who am I to force MY
understanding of love onto someone else? Who is to say that I am right
in my interpretation? This way I would be spending my time and effort
with those who feel comfortable with me, while allowing others to spend
their time and effort with people THEY feel comfortable with. By following
this I would not be forcing my interpretations onto others.
I
HAD FOUND AN ANSWER.
For
while it is true that I might "chase" some people away, to some degree,
because they could not handle my interpretation of love, people who would
very likely spend more time with me if I limited my love to the degree
they felt safe with (as though I could somehow know what that level is,
since some of them don't even seem to know for themselves on a day to day
basis), the PEACE OF MIND I would forfeit would, at times, not be worth
their company. At times it would be worth it, but not when compared to
my full love applied. It would be the people who allowed me to be
ME and employ my full level of LOVE who's company would supply me with
an ultimate level of PEACE OF MIND that true LOVE fuels.
I
can never thank the LORD GOD enough for saving me from the limitations
of human interpretation of his gift of LOVE.
Oh,
did I forget to mention that I have noticed that people seem to like it
when other people want their company? We seem to be fueled by being desired
by others. We seem to need to matter. One way to be assured you are wanted?
Supply LOVE. You supply LOVE and you definitely matter.
*Have
the level of respect for love it takes to enable you to operate outside
the finite world of your needs, which empowers you to unconditionally serve
the infinite world of love.
*Serve
love over and beyond your needs.
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