The portion of my faith that I struggle with the most is love.
Giving love.
Sharing love.
But mostly receiving love.
I can't remember a time I wasn't battling against it in my head.
Relating love to my actions, my personality, my faults.
If I were prettier…
If I were smarter…
If I were better at …
And the thing about love, real love, is that none of that matters. The things I find heinous in myself, in others, love doesn't run from those things. Love happens in spite of those things, which makes it all the more healing.
I heard this song by JJ Heller and it stirred up those emotions in me, the times that I ask "who will love me for me" and I sat down and I made page after page while I listened to it. And I set it to the music to share them with you because I think hearing that you can be loved, not for what you have done or for what you will become is beautiful.
I'll be uploading the individual pages here if you'd like to see them in more detail. Thank you for allowing me to share this with you. Thank you Wilna and Michelle for the kits. Thank you Corinne and Shannon for the photos. Thank you JJ Heller, for writing this song.
