When love feels distant
There are plenty of moments in life where love feels distant. whether those you love become distant or you distance yourself from those you love. To be distant is to be far away in space or time. It is far in regards to place and far in regards to present. Have you ever grew apart from someone you love? Sometimes grief distance friendships or relationships or sometimes the priorities of two people are not the same. Sometimes you create distance when those you love do not feel the same as you, do not treat you the same as you do them, or you learn their love was not genuine as you thought. Who defines love? Everyone has a different definition of love depending on their own experiences. Sometimes when people get scared to love someone they run away and become distant. Sometimes people get scared and cling on to someone they love with the fear of losing that person. Sometimes people can live in the same house with someone they love but feel distant. No matter the situation, the distance is created. To love someone from a distance is sometimes healthy for one’s mental health. However, I am reminded that God’s love cannot be taken away. He is always near even when we are the one’s who grow distant from Him. God defines love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Anything opposite of the previous list can bring distance between two or more people.
Distance can separate love. I know it have in my own life. Sometimes separation from someone is needed. Learning that sometimes people are temporarily in our lives can hurt. Everything has a purpose even the hurt we sometimes feel when we lose someone. However, that emptiness we feel cannot be satisfied with other things that will bring us pain. Most times it is important for us to actually sit and feel the pain in order to move on. Just because pain was a result does not mean there was not a purpose for it. Am I saying God enjoys seeing us in pain? No. Will God turn our pain into our purpose? Yes.
From that pain, seek its purpose. You may help someone else through that same pain someday. By helping others, it closes the distance gap so you can love again. God’s love is always available to you. He loves you. He is not distant. People come and go but God is always with you. Lift up your head and feel his love today.