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:
- The love of my parents governed some of the most critical changes in my life from the outset!
- 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!
- The love of my children has drilled a deep well of patience and perseverance.
- 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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