Unrequited Love?

Unrequited love—it's talked about often. It's sad, it's heart-breaking and we can all relate with it one way or another.

Sometimes it's not a romantic love we lose,

but a friend. A friend we loved dearly. And we lose them in some of the very same ways we lose a romantic love. Friends are lost to death or illness. Some friends are even lost because of jealousy or misunderstandings or just a wrong word said. And often this kind of friendship-love is just as soul-crushing to us. 

How do we keep friends? How do we keep friendships alive and free from contamination? How do we keep romantic love blooming and fresh?

It's a difficult question because, although we all do our best, we sometimes fall short; and sometimes our loved ones fall short too.

But, there is One who never falls short in His love and His understanding and His compassion towards us. That is Jesus Christ, our Savior. When we feel as if no one knows our pain, no one understands—He knows. He understands.

And He loves us so perfectly that He can help us through any heartache no matter how large, no matter how complicated. And He is the One who can bring back love into our friendships and our relationships. He is the one and only source of true, abiding love.

I am not ashamed to admit that I truly love and adore my Savior!

This is the ultimate love note. And I know He has already read it!

~Your friend, Hope, a Christian blogger