Observations on Love

Love is more than an emotion.  

Love is doing the hard things.

Love is losing sleep, getting up in the middle of the night to soothe a sick or scared child.

Love is changing diapers and reading the same story over and over and over again.

Love is choosing to say “no” when the easiest, though not best answer is “yes.”

Love is willingly putting someone else’s needs first.

Love is giving without expecting anything in return.

Love is doing what is right, even if it is not popular.

Love is not about you but about the one you love.

Love is simply being there.

Love is  lending a hand or an ear.

Love is the daily ins and outs of friendship, raising children, and marriage.

Love is the greatest gift.  

And the greatest gift of love was given with outstretched arms by a one and only Son of a loving Father who loved us more than we could ask, imagine, or deserve.