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Re: love for a lifetime
>In your infinite wisedom
yikes! let's step out of that box carefully, one leg at a time? like a
human? yes, just like that.
i can only write what is in my guts and what i've experienced. and i've hit
some granite walls. the fact that these eyes still manage to produce more
tears is a miracle! :) i've also been flung toward some walls that turned
out to be of a different material to my sweet surprise. grace, ahh, grace.
in your inquiry here, i can point no where by proverbially up. this is
where our paradigms perhaps diverge. the reason i can give (whether or not
it's returned) is b/c i have it to give. you can't impart what you don't
have. that kind of love comes from an intimate relationship (hey, no snide
comments :)!) with jesus. he completes me so i don't expect a person to do
that. my expectations in a relationship are completely different based on
that aspect of my life. i mean, think about the marriage ideal of the two
becomming one. it isn't simple addition (1+1 does not = 1): it's
multiplication (1x1=1). so if i'm 1/2 of a person looking for my "other
half," what do we end up with?
>And don't you even suggest that I have not taken the chance and let others
>in. I think I've done my share of that.
this was what i was asking about in the email i sent just to you. i believe
you have to have some reason for feeling the way you do. kelvin mentioned
that his heart sank when he read one of your messages, and i must confess
that mine has several times since, as you follow up. and, btw, thanks for
your honesty. i don't think people randomly invent their pain, suffering
and bitterness. if you have (and i would wager that's a yes) given your all
and came out empty handed, i would go back to what really can fill a heart.
because it's not me, and it's not you.
-marie
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All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the
change is painful. -Flannery O'Connor
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