Have you let yourself go in the name of love? Have you lost yourself so badly in hopes of loving someone else yet just getting hurt. Maybe you are like me and it's been months since your last relationship but you are afraid to love again. Let me tell you, 1 John 4:18 says this, "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love." It goes on to say, "We love because He first loved us." What is there to fear when love is perfect in Jesus?

If you are anything like me, you fear because your last love was not solely fixed on Christ. All I want in this world is to love, be loved, love God, and have a man who loves Him more than anything else. First I need to love myself again. Now what's the problem here then if I've realized all this?

The conflict here is within myself. I need to let go of the past to hold on to the future. God has everything in place for me to love, be loved, and realize that there are good guys out there that love Him more! I am still hurt and I feel I am not ready to love again but God is purposely putting all the things in place for me to love again. Though I may not feel ready he has a plan. He knows my potential and my heart and even if I have to take it slow to get to feeling better myself God wants happiness for me!

What we all need to realize is there is a God that loves us and wants the best for us. He knows our insecurities, our feelings, and emotions towards things of this world and love can be one of those things. Yet in reality, love is of God and from God, the world just tweaks it and makes the exact opposite. If our love is in Jesus, for Jesus, and completely about Jesus what else can fail us? Here is my realization and my vow to take that hurt, let go, and love again.