Receiving...

On my drive in to work one morning I heard on the radio an author promoting some new book. I can’t tell you the name of the author or his work, but the one point that caught my attention was that “one cannot give what he has not received.” I decided that to move to the place where God wants me to be, I need to place myself in positions to receive love. To learn from others how it is given and received. So that I could receive from and give to others.

But before I can do that, I need to understand what it means to receive love. And so, a journey begins. A quest to learn what love truly is, and how it is received. I know that Christ is our ultimate example. And God works through everyday people to teach us such lessons as these. He has placed me in the very place I need to be to learn and understand this complex question.

And it seems that, since that morning, there have countless opportunities to receive from others. My job now is to not only recognize them, but open up and receive them...