Love Out Loud

Loving through fear is difficult. So is loving through pain. Deciding to love regardless of these things is even harder.


I am so incredibly loved. I am so lucky to have the people in my life that I have.

I'm tired of letting my fear of abandonment change how I am loved.
I am also tired of letting this fear change how I love others.

I am ready to pour my heart into people. Yes, I might get hurt. I might be betrayed, I might get abandoned. But of all the times this has happened before, did it make the relationships not worth it? absolutely not.

God wants us to love like He does. I am ready to love like Christ loves.
Jesus knew He would be betrayed and hurt by not one, or 2, or 3 of the people He loved. He knew He would be betrayed by every single one of us. But did that stop Him from loving us? absolutely not.

There is a quote in the movie Cinderalla Story that I often think of. Yes, it's an awful cheesy chick flick, and worst of all it has Hilary Duff. But the quote is, "never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." I'm not going to let the fear of failure or pain keep me from enjoying life and loving the people I have been blessed with.