The Necessity of Love
For the past few months I have not had it in me to blog. The excuses are endless. My grandpa passed. I started grad school. I'm tired all the time. I'm still nursing a broken heart. I'm.... The truth is, my mind has just plain been too disorganized to post something worthy of reading. I haven't been able to do much more than throw a constant stream of pity parties, the booze coming in the form of tears for one reason or another. But you know what this year has taught me more than anything? It's taught me about love. I've always been taught that God is love, and that His love is unconditional, even when we turn away from Him and disobey His commandments. I get it now. Funny how you hear something your whole life and never understand what it means until you experience it for yourself. This year I learned what it's like to love somebody unconditionally, and not only have them NOT return that love, but doubt that your love for them is real. Someti...