Persuasive Essay About Love

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Love… Because We’re Loved
When you spend the majority of your life searching for love, it’s hard to love anyone else- God, others and even yourself. When you feel like you don’t have love you become desperate for it and without even realizing it, you’ll do almost anything to get it. And the almost anything part of it can be extremely self-destructive and toxic for others…
I finally accepted the truth, the truth that God loves me and His love is perfect, and it has driven me further in my process of healing, to a place where I have more peace and ultimately more clarity. And I have come to realize it’s not just about being freed from the bondage of people judging you, it’s also about coming to a place where you trust others again and reconcile …show more content…

I have never been in a relationship where I felt like I could be myself, 100%, and be accepted. And since it’s really exhausting to try to be some always found it easier to have surface relationships and keep people at a distance. This led to a feeling of loneliness for much of my life and a lot of distrust that I could have genuine and intimate relationships.
But when you come into a relationship with God, you start to learn truth, the truth about God and the truth about yourself. And something that has been made extremely clear to me is that a huge source of contention in my relationships is in fact my own self-seeking. In my own hunt to receive real love I often neglected to show real love to others, in part because I didn’t know how to-but I’m learning.
I believe loving others starts with trying to see people the same way God sees you. God has pursued me my entire life, He never let me go, no matter how hard I fought Him or how far I tried to run. When I saw myself as a failure, He saw me as someone with destiny. As I made mistake after mistake, He offered mercy and forgave me, He offered grace and still blessed me. He took my life’s story that others could look at with judgement, and He made it a story of redemption and gave me

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