Love
Healing After Loss, by Martha Whitmore Hickman
Love...bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. - 1Corinthians 13:7-8
What a truckload of responsibility and potential for pain we take on when we love another human being: all the dangers of misunderstanding, of betrayal, of indifference, and ultimately, of loss. To more than balance those dangers, we feel the possibility of life made rich through sharing experiences with another - of physical and spiritual warmth and communion, of enriched understanding and common achievement, of a stay against loneliness and isolation. Most of us have no trouble opting for love. But then, to have invested so much of our life's energy in the life of a loved one -- and then to find that loved one gone! Is it any wonder we are, for a time, laid low?
But the love we have shared helps form the strength to deal with loss. The hope and joy we have known help us believe in the possibility of hope and joy again. And the intensity of grief mirrors the intensity of shared love, which will continue to beam through our life, to illumine and nourish all that we do and are.
Love never ends. Never.
Love...bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. - 1Corinthians 13:7-8
What a truckload of responsibility and potential for pain we take on when we love another human being: all the dangers of misunderstanding, of betrayal, of indifference, and ultimately, of loss. To more than balance those dangers, we feel the possibility of life made rich through sharing experiences with another - of physical and spiritual warmth and communion, of enriched understanding and common achievement, of a stay against loneliness and isolation. Most of us have no trouble opting for love. But then, to have invested so much of our life's energy in the life of a loved one -- and then to find that loved one gone! Is it any wonder we are, for a time, laid low?
But the love we have shared helps form the strength to deal with loss. The hope and joy we have known help us believe in the possibility of hope and joy again. And the intensity of grief mirrors the intensity of shared love, which will continue to beam through our life, to illumine and nourish all that we do and are.
Love never ends. Never.
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We have shared the joy of their love. Hugs, peggy
Love and hope...Love and Joy...to have had it...leads us to seek it again.
I thank God for the precious gift of the love of my children that I had for 23 years, and for the love of my mother for 53 years... I learned all that mattered is LOVE... I will always love Jesse, Justin and my mom for eternity, and untill I am with them some day... Debbie
Beautiful!! Thanks, for sharing. (((HUGS)))...Julia
Thank you for this thoughtful journal entry. I was given the book \"Healing After Loss\" and have found many interesting readings in it.
Gari
Absolutely true, Joanna! It helps so much just \"Knowing others that have bled, like I\'ve bled\". I heard that on a talk show from a born again gang member...and it resonated with me. Love never ends, yes-- and so THERE REALLY IS HOPE!!! Love ya, Donna
Beautiful journal...and very true, all of it I think......
the inscription on the altar at our wedding was this: \"Love never Faileth\"
hugs....
wow that was great. i thought you said you did,nt write good journals i loved that piece. so true. love never dies. loved it . you go girl and have a glass of wine. no not to much just small one. bless your angel David. and hugs and love mary ann great
wow that was great. i thought you said you did,nt write good journals i loved that piece. so true. love never dies. loved it . you go girl and have a glass of wine. no not to much just small one. bless your angel David. and hugs and love mary ann great
wow that was great. i thought you said you did,nt write good journals i loved that piece. so true. love never dies. loved it . you go girl and have a glass of wine. no not to much just small one. bless your angel David. and hugs and love mary ann great
wow that was great. i thought you said you did,nt write good journals i loved that piece. so true. love never dies. loved it . you go girl and have a glass of wine. no not to much just small one. bless your angel David. and hugs and love mary ann great
wow that was great. i thought you said you did,nt write good journals i loved that piece. so true. love never dies. loved it . you go girl and have a glass of wine. no not to much just small one. bless your angel David. and hugs and love mary ann great
Truth in every word....we love deeply so we grieve as deeply....and YES...it is forever....life and love go on and we will see our children again as was made possible by Jesus...God loves us so very much....much love and brandon bear hugs to you dear one...dale, brandon\'s mom
Truth in every word....we love deeply so we grieve as deeply....and YES...it is forever....life and love go on and we will see our children again as was made possible by Jesus...God loves us so very much....much love and brandon bear hugs to you dear one...dale, brandon\'s mom
Truth in every word....we love deeply so we grieve as deeply....and YES...it is forever....life and love go on and we will see our children again as was made possible by Jesus...God loves us so very much....much love and brandon bear hugs to you dear one...dale, brandon\'s mom