Love...it comes from one place: God. There are all sorts of love. Parental, friendship, spousal, sisterly, brotherly, boyfriend/girlfriend, CREATION....

I encourage you. Question your love. Question how you choose to EXPRESS your love. Challenge yourself to open your eyes to how others express it. Question WHY you love someone. Ask yourself WHERE it comes from. I promise if you question your love, you will discover more of the secret mystery of our Father's love. God's love is multidemensional! Your mind might not want you to see it...maybe it is resistant and stubborn like mine...but you heart longs for you to see it. Satan wants you to think your love is fine right where it is at..comfortable and flat. Lets uncover part of God's mystery, his love, through searching for it in the way others feel and express love.

After you identify your love, practice it! Express it. Share it, pour onto others the love Christ so freely, generously, and GRACEFULLY gives us! (How can i express my thanks to you Abba!)

SIDE NOTE: If you are like me and enjoy blaming others for not feeling loved....I challenge you to refer to the most famous 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 which we are all familiar with. Replace the word "love" with YOUR NAME.

Gina is patient. Gina is kind. Gina does not envy. Gina does not boast. Gina is not proud. Gina is not rude. Gina is not self-seeking. Gina isn't easily angered. Gina keeps no record of wrongs. Gina does not delight in evil but she rejoices with the truth. Gina ALWAYS protects, Gina ALWAYS trusts, Gina ALWAYS hopes, and Gina ALWAYS perseveres!

(AND DO NOT PLACE THE OTHER PERSONS NAME IN BEFORE YOURS! BAD CHRISTIAN! I know it's tempting, but DO NOT do it!)

The trick is being honest with yourself in the heat of the moment. I garuntee almost 100% you will find that YOU aren't the one doing the loving....interesting huh.

Plan B: If you still insist on wanting to blame the other person, and can't be honest about your shallow example of love....CONSIDER THEM BETTER THAN YOURSELF.... and give it to the Lord. Trust that he will reveal himself to that person and let it go.

You also need to be open to different love languages. People love differently! What a crazy concept! It blows my mind how people choose to express their love. Some people are very affectionate. Some people use their words and voices. Some people like to protect. Some share their hearts to those they love. Some are able to control their weaknessess around those they love. Some people love by encouraging....the list goes on and on.

I know in my life, i have been so blind about love languages. I love in a couple different forms, and usually expect others to love me the same, because that is what I identify love as. I expect others to love me in ways i understand and am used to. When a person you undoubtedly love, isn't showing you their love....ASK THEM! How do you express love? Because usually in that case, the other isn't feeling loved by you either. The problem: You both are speaking totally different love languages. Solution: ASK THEM! TELL THEM! How can i love you in a way that makes sense to you? This is how i have been expressing love to you. I see love when..____. The outcomes are all positive!
1)You'll discover how our Father loves in a totally new way!
2)You will learn about the persons needs
3)You will be challenged in your abilities to love
4)You heart will be shaped more like Christs.
5)The other person will see that you actually love them!

And much..much more!

Love is a crazy thing. I encourage you. If your desire is to love your mom, love your sister, love your boyfriend/girlfiend, love your neighbor......GET FILLED! Spend time with our Heavenly Father EVERYDAY so you can get filled! In the word, and intimately in his presence... HE IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF LOVE! It is impossible to express love in its richest most pleasureful way, when you aren't seeking it from the correct source. If you try to get filled anywhere else, your love will be cheap. It will be temporary, and fragile. Don't seek it from the other person. Don't try to find it in other places! The only place is in the Father! GOD IS LOVE. Praise Jesus..how great is his unfailing love!

Pslams 33:18 and 33:20-22 (The Message Remix) Watch this: God's eyes is on those who respect him, the ones who are LOOKING for his love....We're depending on God, he's everything we need. What's more, our hearts brim with joy since we've taken for our own his holy name. Love us, God, with all you've got- that's what we're depending on.

Praise our Father in Heaven! Lift up his holy name and rejoice in HIM! How good you are to us Jesus- you who embody perfect love. My desire is to learn your heart! I want to know everything about you! Teach me your love so i can understand your mystery! Teach me your love so i can better love others! Teach me your love so thousands more can enter your kingdom! I want the best Lord...it's all YOU! I continue to pray, my Savior, that you take all i have that is not of you. Take it, burn it. I want to be stripped completely..bare to the bone, and have all that remains be my soul, on its face before your heavenly thrown. Take my heart. Shape it. Make it yours. This is my one desire: to be more like you! I love you Jesus. I can't tell you enough. I pray all this Jesus Name..amen.