Radical Love

We finally have creamer in our fridge giving me coffee for my morning as I sit at my desk and reminisce over all that has captivated my heart this past week.  I can't get over the beauty that is in front of me, and yet my heart still yearns for more.


I'm learning to love Radically and the process is a great one.  I have never found within myself, a more deeper love, then when I became a "mommy" to someone.  This taste of love is so delicious I want bite after bite and it seems my plate will never go empty.  


But the small cry in my heart has grown louder and a melodious chorus of desperation sang for a love greater than what I can give myself.  And that LOVE I have gladly embraced years ago as a little girl in Sunday church, is wanting to go deeper within my heart and in return create a Radical women who loves Radically.


So I've stopped to listen and let LOVE take over.  And the LOVE that is always patient, kind, never envies, doesn't boast, isn't proud, isn't rude, is not self seeking, is not easily angered, keeps no records of wrongs, doesn't delight in evil but rejoices in truth, always protects, hopes and always perseveres has it's grasp on me and wont let me go.  And for that, I have a reason to be Radical.


But the hardest, but most pivotal challenge for the battle of my heart, is the ability to let go of that which I love for the ONE who LOVES.  So as we embraced each other with hugs and smiles, said our tricks and our treats, we looked into each other's eyes and asked "Will I be willing to lose you for my King?"

And all too soon, we were tempted to say with a resounding Chorus "No", but we bit our tongue and held quiet a little longer in hopes to become deeper people with a deeper passion and a deeper love for our Savior and Humanity.  


And our bubbly and ever spunky baby, who's growing into a little girl in her own right, stands before us with a heart desperate for a LOVE we, ourselves are not enough to give, and as our job to show her the way becomes more and more intense as she challenges the "wrongs" in life, we find ourselves running to the feet of the ONE who HAS bared all the wrongs we've done and will do.  

And as we trick and treated our way through the first of the Holiday Seasons, we fought our colds for moments to be with family.  And although these moments aren't yet as precious as they can be, they are moments to be savored to the best of our imperfect ability so that as we prepare ourselves for what is to come, we can hold to the ones back home who support us from their own front lines.

And our Spunky Monkey {who we think looks a lot like Curious George, so she went as Curious Georgette}, enjoyed her first year of Halloween at Great Grandma's house, where for 20 years they've pulled out their antique popcorn truck and handed out free popcorn and cider for the decked out families who made their way around the neighborhood collecting candy.  

And these moments are cherished into our money banks as we save up for the long road ahead. And as our sun sets each day, we're reminded of what we have and what we've hoarded.  We have a daughter given to us so we can love and teach to LOVE and who's life we desire to be full of purpose and greatness.  


And we have two hearts, beating because of Mercy and Grace, that have loved within our inner circle for too long.  And even then, we haven't loved enough.  So we, with Light that brings Good to all things, we get another chance to discover a LOVE so radical that made the blind to see and the lame to walk and a LOVE that is so powerful, our inability to do great things becomes a reality.  

Our lives are far from perfect, and our hearts are deeply convicted, but we have found Forgiveness in the One who gives Eternal Life, and what we have bound deep in our hearts and kept quiet for too long is breaking free.  And the LOVE that transformed us into who we are and who we are still becoming is seeping through us with the desire to be spread to the nations.  So our hearts can't stay quiet anymore... and when I leave this world and all who gather to celebrate the life I lived, I want to be remembered as one who Loved Radically and Radically Loved the ONE!