Love gives | Post 3 | Love and freedom series

"Love knows nothing but to give." - Somila Dayile

That phrase may sound really clichè and superficial, but it's the most real thing I've ever known.

On a personal level, I've noticed that the deeper I've come to know love - love myself, love people as well as love God - the more effortless I've found it to give.

I haven't always considered myself a "cheerful giver".

I'm almost convinced that most of the time, I only did it because I felt compelled to do it.

Now, I obviously know that I might as well have kept my 'givings' because giving without an open heart was futile. It cancelled the whole act.

The more I loved, the more there was a shift.

This reminds me of a question I remember hearing someone ask while I was much younger.

The question was, "why should we obey God, or do His will if we have already received grace?"

This question made sense to me, and it still does.

The only difference between me then- and me now- is that I now know the answer to that question.

When you love someone, you will give (to them).

One of the ways we tend to 'love' is by doing things that favour the other person.

You may, for example, buy them something you know they like, or you may even stop doing something because you know they don't like it.

It's for this reason that you'll sometimes hear people say "I sacrificed for our relationship".

That's just the nature of love - it gives.

Love gives it's best.

Love wants the best for others.

Love knows nothing else but to give.