To Be Loved.....

I've been wondering why women long to be loved. I talk with my girlfriends candidly about how we're so fabulous-yet find ourselves "unloved". Of course we are loved- our friends and families love us dearly, but to experience intimacy with a companion- one who chooses to love us because he acknowledges how fabulous we truly are. In my young life, I have come to learn (although it has been painful) that relationships are difficult. Often what makes them difficult (and painful) is love- something that should be easy, painless, and natural. In my wondering as to why I feel the need to be loved I am discovering a certain truth- we were created by God- God is love. When God formed us and knitted and wired us together He placed in us a desire to be loved. This is why we care and nurture others. This is why we love a hug from friends and family. This is also why when we experience people who do not love we are heartbroken and saddened. Oh what it must do to the heart of our Creator when we fail to embrace Him. When we ignore who He is and what He has done for us. When we deny the love that He has for us. I'm learning to fall in love with the Lover of my soul. I pray that you who feel you are unloved, unworthy of love would see the love that Jesus Christ has for you and that you would accept it and too fall in love with the Lover of YOUR soul!