Love Takes Courage

It's something we all want. Everyone wants to be accepted; to be loved. Though we can pretend we don't. We make it look like we're fine on our own, like we don't need anybody. But the truth is, deep down inside, to be accepted and loved is what we want most. When someone loves you, you begin to see yourself through their eyes. And bit by bit, you begin to like yourself too. To be okay with who you are. It's strange, we're so afraid of being rejected that we often tend to push others away first. Not realizing that they truly care, and really do want to be our friends. But we're afraid. Afraid of being hurt. So we put on our bravest face and try not to let our guard down. But the more we try to be brave, the more ashamed we become. And we're afraid of people seeing us like that. We're trying to prove we aren't weak. But aren't we all a little weak? I don't pretend to know everything about this. Cause I don't. I'm still learning day by day. And some days I get frustrated and feel alone. And some days I just want to lay under the covers and let the day go by without me. Sometimes I feel like no one cares. But its just a lie. We want so bad to be strong. But really, its because I've been loved that I've become stronger. There's a saying, "Hate is easy; but Love takes courage." And it's so true. Loving someone is hard because we'll most likely get hurt along the way. And being hurt is something we tend to shy away from. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't love people. What about the people out there who need love? The girl no one notices. Or the guy alone in the corner. Do we just ignore them? Do we think to ourselves: someone else will help them? Heroes are made when you make a choice. You could be someone's hero, just because you showed you cared. No one really deserves love. I know I don't. Yet the God of heaven sent His only Son to die for me. Why? Because He loved me. And He loves you. Even though we'd done nothing to deserve it. Because of the cross, we're allowed to come into the presence of God and be accepted in His sight. Us. Unworthy and undeserving. But He loves us. His love is amazing, steady and unchanging. If His love was an ocean......we're all sinking.