You know that new, fresh, heady, in-love feeling? That special someone seems absolutely perfect and beautiful, and you swim in your love for them! There's a warm glow in your heart and life seems lighter!
That's before life happens. Before unmet expectations - realistic or otherwise. Before human failings and hurts - mostly unintentional, but there just the same. Slowly, with each hurt, we guard our hearts a little more carefully. Protect ourselves a little more from what we now know is not perfection. A normal thing to do. Sometimes vital! But not such a healthy thing for relationship. And those barriers may need work to break them down and open us up to intimate connection again.
But you know that first feeling??? It's awesome, right??!!! And it's never been damaged in my relationship with God!! So it carries me on a high!!! Even through the tough times!! I've never had to protect my heart from him, because he's never harmed me! Ever!!! In any way!!! I've harmed him though. He wears the scars. And yet, his love for me is still pure and unchanged. No barriers. Despite the pain I've caused. His is a love beyond us. You won't find one like it anywhere!
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