Love is the essence of human existence. Love is the only element that surpasses all other elements, to defeat and define circumstances that is beyond human understanding. No wonder St Paul said in Corinthians 13 “The greatest is Love.”
Love they say is blind, sees no wrong, it does not judge regardless of the mess or mistake.
Love brings a new dawn, a restoration and a rebirth. It gets life excited, it begins to show you reasons only to live and rejoice. Love comes to give a fresh breath to a dying heart worn out from betrayal and disappointments.
Love brings to an end every sadness and anxiety, it takes life to another level, it brings a kind of rejuvenation that is so overwhelming that many times a foolish act as seen by others is only the wonders of love.
Love is so powerful. It is a gift that is timeless. It surpasses all things . love gives you no reason to doubt, there is a complete trust that it brings.
Love is so strong that it drowns the very deep unpleasant deeds of life such as in an unsolicited union like a rape, it is love that allows the victim to keep the seed of such union and nurture it such delicate care in spite of how worn out and shattered the experience leaves the victim.
Love is like a magnetic force, it brings very uncommon situations to exist, attracts very unlike unions between sworn enemies across family and culture lines.
Love is obviously the reason why hurt, guilt and betrayal breath. How you may wonder! Only those you love can hurt you…
My Take..
No matter how turbulent this journey of life gets, I have come to conclude that when you are rooted in love there is nothing you can not overcome. The heart hurts because it has loved and you know no matter how many times it gets broken and crushed, hopes dashed and disappointed beyond comprehension . It will surely love again and again as long as there is life. With this, I believe that one should not hurt so much that life is no more.
Let’s not be quick to say NEVER AGAIN! God forbid that I love again! No, how can God forbid HIMSELF. For if God is love, then love is God and will always be God, world without end . (The Agape Love)
Situations will shake our believe in love no doubt, but love conquers all.
We must learn to love as we live, your heart is capable of self healing as many times as it is broken. We must feed on this love for it is only it that can pull us out of our confusion in understanding its complex nature.
God intended that we love that is why Jesus Christ said ” the love for your fellow man, is also your love for God. For when you do these to the least of your fellow man, that you do unto me”.
Nicely put in the Bible, John 4:20, “If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.”
Till I write again, I love you for reading.
Ada.
Adaobi O.Alex-Oni is an Honorary Ambassador and a recipient of the Nelson Mandela Leadership Award by the African Youth Parliament. A broadcaster and writer, she is the convener of the ROWEAD conference. A social and women’s rights activist, she is a promoter of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. For more information, visit her website www.rowead.org
When she is not writing, she works at The Pancake Hub, Jibowu Lagos.