Heart Knowledge part 4
When we listen to our hearts--to that still, small voice inside of us--we get our perspectives straight. Because the heart only knows one thing. It only wants one thing. Love. And when I say it only wants love, that doesn't mean it wants something it doesn't have. Because love is never about getting. Because love IS giving. So when I say the heart only wants love, that means the heart only wants to GIVE love. Give what its got. Give what it (HE) is! Love is giving everything you are and everything you have. That's what the heart wants. And it might seem like the heart wants someone to do that to them... but in reality the heart gives everything it has and everything it is no matter what else happens. Regardless of the situation, or the result. Remember, Paul wrote, "I will gladly spend myself and all I have for you, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me" (2 Corinthians 12:15 NLT). Gladly giving. Because, as we know, God loves a cheerful giver, right? Because, as we know, a cheerful giver is a cheerful lover. Even though. It doesn't matter what happens when you love someone. You give, not in order to get something, but because you have something. And if they receive it... great. And if they don't, that's ok too. Because you did what you could do. And that's all you CAN do. Do your best and forget the rest. Give it your all and then be happy that you gave it your all. Because when you give something everything you've got, its either enough... or its not. And either way there's nothing else you can do. So our heart isn't looking for results. That's not what the heart wants. That's not what the heart knows. The heart knows that the point of loving someone is in the act of loving them, and not in what comes next. And that kind of knowledge passes knowledge. A lot of times it seems like we try to determine whether or not the juice is worth the squeeze, before we're willing to put ourselves out there. "Don't cross oceans for people that won't jump a puddle for you." Conventional wisdom, right? But I say cross that ocean. Don't love people because of what they've done for you. Or might do for you. Don't even love people because of who they are (unless you're looking at it from the perspective of, "They're a person so they deserve love," which, by the way, is the right perspective to have). Love people because of who YOU are. Don't worry about getting anything. Just give what you've got. The heart knows what to do. The heart knows where to be. Do you know why people seem so uncomfortable so much of the time? Because they don't follow their heart. They try to fit in when they were made to stand out. They try to get, get, get when they already have everything they need and they should be giving, giving, giving. That's what the heart knows--I am loved. I can love. I AM love. And that kind of knowledge certainly passes knowledge. That kind of knowledge gives you something to believe in. And when you know and believe the love of Christ... that's when what's inside WILL come out. Naturally. When you know love... you WILL love!