Love's perfect expression...

Love's perfect expression of God's love for humankind

is manifest to us at Christmas time,

with the birth of the Christ child.

While many of us still see Christmas

as just another day,

it is so much more than that.

Remember that without the birth of Christ,

the fullness of God's love

might never have been revealed to us.

Follow the Christmas star leading towards the light.

Love whispers...

Love whispers sweet nothings in a lover's ear.

While sweet nothings are nothing to anyone else,

those sweet nothings are really something

to the lover or lovers.

Only the true lover can whisper a sweet nothing

in a way that has meaning

or signification to the other lover.

Just the lover who hears the sweet nothing

can fathom its real meaning.

The sweet nothings of lovers are theirs alone,

or yours if you are one of the lovers.

Love explodes...

Love explodes all over the universe,

every day, in so many unique and different ways,

that it totally astounds humankind.

Love can miraculously appear at any place or time,

since it contains a potential inherent explosion factor.

No one really knows when or where

he or she will find love next

or in what form it be revealed.

Part of the uniqueness of love

is that it not have an inherent implosion factor,

like other supposedly permanent structures.

This means that it can never totally collapse or die,

even though we may not always be aware of its presence in our lives.

Love lives on forever.

Love's language...

Love's language is ever evolving.

All you need to do is to be present

amongst a group of teenagers who are dialoguing with computers,

in order to realize that.

There is a whole new language

that is being developed on computer chatlines.

The language that comes from love,

in its truest expression,

will always be pure.

Love starts...

Love starts who knows where or when.

The where or when is not important,

but rather the what one can do with love in one's lifetime.

Why not spread a little love around and see?

You have more than enough to share.

Love sings...

Love sings many songs,

perhaps just part of one endless song.

There are many kinds of songs,

including songs of sorrow or joy.

Perhaps if you listen closely

you can hear them in the breeze.

Love has colors...

Love has wonderful colors
that are manifest in our lives,
like those one can see in the full spectrum of a rainbow.


Ever feel like your life is like 'a black day' that is 'totally colorless'?


Did you know that 'black' is essentially 'the absence of all colors'.


Why not open your world
and allow some of love's wonderful 'rainbow of colors'
into the 'spectrum' of your life?

Love portrays...

Love portrays the fullness of life.

Life is given to humankind as a gift

and it is intended to be lived in its fullness.

The fullness of life includes love in varying degrees.

We all have the capacity to accept and welcome love,

however it is presented to us.

Love dances...

Love dances in a way that no one ever expects.


Sometimes that dance just seems to be

one of three steps forward
and then two steps back,

but even then one moves forward,

still advancing over time, although a little slower.

Love is the true dance of life.

Love becomes...

Love becomes more and more amazing

as one searches clearly for the meaning of love.

Perhaps you might be the one

who is really able to find the meaning.

Have you ever tried?

Love waits...

Love waits and waits.

Perhaps it is more accurate to say

love waits forever,

or

love waits beyond the scope of all time and eternity.

For whom is love waiting?

It might be you!

Love holds...

Love holds your life in the palm of His hand.

Even while you sleep,

you can know that you are being held.

Know that when you awaken,

love is still in total and absolute control of your life.

Love is the star...

Among the gifts of the Spirit,

love is the star.

Each encounter with the star

yields a little more stardust.

Scattering stardust

allows love to touch the untouched.

Love gives...

Love gives us a multiplicity of gifts,

and so many of them

lie beyond our human awareness or understanding.

While those gifts are being offered to us freely,

it is up to us to accept them or to deline receiving them.

Make the decision to accept all of the wonderful gifts

that are being so graciously offered to you

and watch your life change for the better!

Love nurtures...

Love nurtures our spirits, minds, bodies and souls

in the way that we least expect,

allowing us to continually grow and develop further all the time.

Ever wonder why each new generation

seems to surpass the preceding one?

Perhaps this is because the nurturing

continues to grow too?

Love creates...

Love creates continually,

building our world and our universe,

in such an amazing and wonderful way,

that it astounds even the greatest of thinkers.

Each one of us has the spark of creativity

that lies dormant deep within us,

which has the actual potential to be used

for the benefit of all humankind.

If you, with your ability to create,

can create something negative,

how much more can you create something

that is truly positive and good for us all!

Love's energy...

Love's energy is boundless

and is never depleted

simply because the source of love is eternal.

Imagine a universe or a world

without energy!

It would simply cease to exist

because there would be no life.

You, as a human being,

one who is truly loved,

Can access that energy and live life fully!

Love has passion...

Love has passion so vast and intense,

that it cannot be measured

by any instrument, created by a human being.

That passion of love can be felt

in the deepest part of one's being,

by any man, woman or child at anytime .

Know that the passion of love

has been given to everyone,

even to those who are not deserving,

including even you and I.

Love glows...

Love glows like stardust,

on the face of the person

who knows that he or she is truly loved by someone.

Look closer at the wonderful glow

radiating from all of the faces

of the people who surround you.

The beautiful glow on their faces

may merely be a reflection of the stardust glow

that causes your face to shine so brightly.

Love is by definition...

Love is by definition a mystery,

one that is totally and completely non-definable,

simply because mere words cannot contain the totality of love.

Love has been and always will be defined by humankind,

in the best words that any human being can find

and yet even that definition, at best,

will always be incomplete.

Can the sum of all the definitions of love

ever be contained or really define love?

Love is beyond...

Love is beyond

our most passionate thoughts

and truly wonderful dreams.

Think love, dare to dream and live life fully,

always embracing life as sacred,

even as love embraces you.

This marvelous gift

has been given to you,

to share with others.

Love awakens...

Love awakens

the coldest and hardest of hearts

and causes them to melt and turn soft,

like icecream, on a warm summer day.

Beware,

as your cold, hard heart could be the next!

Who can really fathom the work of love?

Love commands...

Love commands

and new stardust falls from the sky.

Who knows how, why, when

or even where it will happen?

Keep your eyes open

as you may be the very next one

who tries to wipe love's stardust from your eye.

You will not succeed

simply because you have been chosen

to be sprinkled with love's wondrous stardust.

Love's hand reaches out...

Love's hand reaches out

in order to sprinkle stardust,

all over our world and the entire universe.

You may not realize

that you are already holding stardust

in the palm of your hand.

Sprinkle some wherever you go

and watch love grow,

in leaps and bounds.

Love listens...

Love listens when you speak,

even in your mind's silent moments

of deepest contemplation.

Never be afraid to speak silently

while you are enjoying

that minute or two of quiet solitude and repose.

Don't be surprised

if love replies,

sometimes when you least expect an answer!

Love's splendor...

Love' splendor is displayed

in the world all around us,

and in the universe,

so far beyond our comprehension.

Love demonstrates to us

the power of perfection.

Remember that love is perfect enough

to allow room for imperfection too.

Love has been here...

When you see

that bright twinkle in your lover's eye,

you will know that fresh stardust has fallen

and that love has been here.

Look closely

because it may last for only a second or two,

love's fleeting moment,

in time and eternity.

Treasure love's moment!

Love speaks...

Love speaks volumes.

The context in which love speaks

is always appropriate,

properly spoken

and magnificently gracious.

Love can speak louder

than the thundering

of the greatest thunder storm imaginable.

Love is more gentle...

Love is more gentle than a feather

wafting through the air

on a warm summer breeze.

What love accomplishes

is done so perfectly and purely that

there is no harm done or damage sustained.

There are no side effects or repercussions

when love's work is done.

Love has....

Love has its own unpredictable pathway.

Like a river,

continually increasing in size

as it flows downhill,

love will wend its way

through the deepest crevices,

until it finally gets

where has always been destined to go.

Love reaches...

Love

reaches far beyond the grasp

of any human hand,

but without the grasp of the hand

of a person or people,

it does not appear that love exists at all,

even though love always exists,

irregardless of any part human beings may play.

Let your hand be the hand of love

that reaches out to others.

Love is contagious...

Love is contagious

and can run rampant like a raging wild fire

when it is allowed to surface,

but for good and not for evil.

No man, woman or child

Can extinguish love

even though there are times

when love is stifled

or not allowed to express itself fully.

Love is more than...

Love is more than 'agape', 'filial' or 'eros'.

One cannot put love into a box

and expect it to be contained therein,

as love is greater than any label or any box

a person can create or fathom,

although the experts have certainly tried to do so.

Love is as old...

Love is as old as time and eternity

simply because "God is Love."

Love exists in every part of our universe

and it is inherent in every race, creed and color and religion.

It has been the topic of poets and prose writers

ever since the human race first learned

how to pen the concept of love.

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October 7, 2007

Love,

I'll put my hand in yours,

And if you don't let go,

We'll be together,

Forever.

Love,

in its diversity, complexity and multiplicity of expression

has its own place in our world of today.

It is like stardust

that tends to sprinkle itself

over all of the different aspects of our lives

and our universe.