BEYOND THE SHADOW OF REJECTION

To live and love unsparingly means embracing a kind of vulnerability that the world mistakes for desperation. Even then, I am not afraid to be called desperate, I don’t fear that my love will be taken advantage of, for the peace and joy of loving comes from the knowing that I have loved fully and there is no lingering regret over what I should have given.

Yes, I choose to double text, to show my affection loudly, to congratulate others, and to send the wishes that need to be sent. I forgive as soon as I am able and strive to see the best in others even when I am given very little to work with, because I remember that "we love because He first loved us" (1 John 4:19).
This is how I have been loved by Love Himself, who shows up at every moment of my day and loves me with everything He has, even the parts of myself I seem to reject. He did not consider His own holiness a hinderance to embracing my sinful self.