Love as the Experience of Knowing and Being Known

Love, the experience of knowing and being known, is a game-changer!

Love certainly changed the game for me!

I can easily list a host of “loves” that have produced change and transformation in my life:

  1. The love of my parents governed some of the most critical changes in my life from the outset!
  2. The love of my wife has picked up where my parents left off. Her deep love has proven to be transformative on a multitude of levels as I have grown – while married to her – into a man!
  3. The love of my children has drilled a deep well of patience and perseverance.
  4. The love of my vocation has unleashed a previously untapped reservoir of gifts, talents, and strengths.

Most importantly is – the love around which all the others revolve – the love of our Father!

All true and meaningful loves are birthed from and grounded in this first love, this Ultimate love!

Regaining the experience of our first love – knowing and being known by Him – is vital!

Curt Thompson, author of Anatomy of the Soul, believes that knowing and being known is a universally shared desire. He suggests a reason why when he states:

“It is only when we are known that we are positioned to become conduits of love.  And it is love that transforms our minds, makes forgiveness possible, and weaves a community of disparate people into the tapestry of God’s family.”

Thompson is onto something.

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