Love's Necessary Wounds Produce Life

Things that I know can grow dim without reminders. Have you noticed the need for reminders? I had my grandsons all day and overnight Saturday. I had a reminder of the often draining days of parenting my two. I remember it fondly, the toddler and the baby days, but now I remember it realistically and fondly.

"You trusted me for salvation, but nothing else. Here is your crown daughter, but it holds no jewels." 1 Corinthians 3:14-15

OR

"Well done good and faithful one, you offered me your entire life. Here is your crown resplendent with jewels" Romans 12:1 and Revelation 22:12 and 2 Peter 1:10-11 and Mark 9:41
How to ensure a rich inheritance in the Kingdom of God?
Love.

I'd already been thinking a lot about love. Because there has been a strain on my heart. It's pain that I have labeled: "necessary and inevitable for every mother". It's the heartstring-cutting that takes place in the letting go of children. I'd never heard it before, that the sons leaving may cut deeper than when the daughters do.

And it's necessary.
I'd have been a miserable wife indeed. Those thoughts have enabled me to allow the necessary cutting of my heart as my son's wedding approaches in August.
It's important to acknowledge this pain, not deny it. Trying to stuff or cut off feelings of loss will lead to emotional issues. 
The heart of true love always dies a little, and oftentimes a lot.
What is so amazing about all love's cutting and pain is that it advances life.
True love creates life and life is the only real reward.
Love embodied.
in love
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