What we want!

I'm struck by so many examples in my life that just seem to reaffirm that we as humans really strive for one thing, love. We look for it in so many different places, jobs, school, church, nature, ect. but are hardly satisfied. I started thinking about why this is. I think maybe one reason is all these places and things represent something different. What I mean is we have turned love into something different for each individual. How can it really, purely exist if this is the case. In my opinion, love has to be concrete and absolute. It is the most powerful thing we have. It cannot be allowed to be tossed around by the wind. Otherwise, we will be tossed around as well and we can't last that long. How can we love one another, much less find love if it is different everywhere we turn? Rich Mullins has a song called Maker of Noses where he says at one point, the world tells you to follow your nose, but everytime you turn your head the direction changes. I think this is the same problem with love, "man-altered". We can't be sure of anything when nothing is sure. I think love, real love can be found in Jesus' example in the Bible, and it is a good place to look to. But untill we can aggree what it really is, we will always fall short. Luckily for me, I have seen examples of Christ lived out before me and have felt a love that is freeing and consistent. So all I can do is cling to it as hard as I can and hope that I can resemble that example as well. Even then, I confess, I'm not completely satisfied. Counting Crows have a song called Goodnight L.A. where Adam is talking about being in a depressed state. The chorus says "And what brings me down is love, cause I can never get enough". That is beautiful. He nails it. I often feel like love is what makes us so down because it never stays full. But that is also what life is about. Tasting something so good that you strive and press on so you can experience it again. I thank God for the people in my life and the love I have experienced. It is real and I do feel blessed. I just hope that more and more people can see it for what it is and not for what we have made it. As Jon Foreman says, Love isn't made. It was here before any of us. How lucky we are to be able to experience it. It is, after all, what we all want in our lives. But we also want consistency and mercy, not judgement and abandonment masquerading as love. Life just isn't worth it without it. Peace and love everybody.