Love...

What do you hear when the word love is said?...

Is it Lauryn Hills first track on her "Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" CD...you know, when the kids are chanting Love, Love....

Is it Alfalfa from the Little Rascels singing "L- is for the way you look at me, O- is for the only one I see,..."

Lately, what I hear when I hear that word is not a song at all... "Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude. It keeps no record for wrongs...it always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres,...love never fails."

The "L-word" as I have been referring to it lately. Almost afraid to mention it aloud...love.

The "L-word" was said to me this last week in a way that it has never been said to me before...well, that's not completely true, I've gotten the drunken phone calls from boyfriends and ex-es proclaiming to feel the "L-word" for me...but this time, this was different...


Love, when you just can't keep from sharing it...but what does it mean, why say it aloud, is it necessary to say Love aloud...I am shocked...shocked....by love, the feeling the intent the desire.

Jesus is love. He who knows Christ, knows love. I know love. I know love that shakes me and impassions me and holds me Him as my guide, He is love and beyond him, there is none other.