A Glass Half Full Kind of Love

Have you ever thought to yourself that your "love tank" was running a little low, even though you were being surrounded by a whole lot of love? Or have you ever went looking for love and found yourself falling short and getting hurt because it wasn't what you wanted? I've personally been in situations where I've wanted to experience a "certain kind of love" from someone and discovered that what I was looking for in that person didn't fulfill the hole in my heart. Love isn't something that that can be forced and love isn't something that you can alter. You can't experience the same love from every person you come into contact with. A parents love is different from the love of a best friend. The love you find at church is different than the love you find on a mission trip to another country. We are all wired to experience love from one another, but sometimes someone else's love doesn't measure up to our own standards of how we think we should be receiving that love. I believe that the reason a lot of us come up short when it comes to feeling loved by others around us is because we are looking for love in the wrong way. God's love is the only love that can make us feel whole. It's the only love that completes who we are. We were made as a result of His love for us. We were made by Love, out of Love and to love and be loved.

I think that it's fully possible to sustain a happy life living off of the love we receive from one another. But I believe that the love we receive from one another, as well as give out to others isn't love to its fullest potential. It's a glass half full kind of love. This is where it may get a little tricky. I personally believe that when I love someone, I'm loving them with everything I am. But the person who is receiving that love may not feel like I'm loving them will all I am. I know I've felt that someone should love me "better". But to me, the love I give is the best I've got. And to you, the love you give is the best you've got. This is why I call it a glass half full kind of love. In my own life, I've fought very hard for the love of my earthly father. Sometimes I walk away and I don't think he loved me"enough". But to him, he was showing love to me the best he knew how. I walked away feeling kind of empty. None of that is his fault. To him, he was giving me love to his fullest potential, but I felt empty because I know in my heart what love to it's fullest potential feels like. I know what God's love feels like. And nothing...I mean NOTHING compares to the love of God! My dad loves me very much, even if I don't always feel like it. But God loves me more than I can even comprehend.

The love we receive from God is the only love that is love to it's fullest potential. His love overflows our glasses. God is Love! How can we personally love anyone more than God loves us? We can't. We can give our best, but it's still nothing compared to the love of our creator. He is the definition of love. None of this should be discouraging though. If anything, it should be ridiculously encouraging. In those moments when you feel like your coming up short and that your love tank is half full, you should turn to God. God can make your heart whole, and God can make you feel more loved than any human being on this earth is capable of. God's love saves people. All we as humans have to do is accept that love. It's ours for the taking. We don't ever have to feel like we've come up short when it comes to love. God has all the love we will ever need!