{love is a language}

     A lot of us have read the book The 5 Love Languages and learned a lot about expressing and receiving love.  In the Bible, God is always drawing His people back to Him in love.  Over here, I speak two languages, and I am always trying to speak a third- love.

     When Jesus was on the earth, He loved.  He loved through listening.  He loved through teaching.  He loved through healing, forgiving and guiding.  He loved through sacrifice.  We try to emulate this but IT. IS. HARD.  Stuff just gets in the way.  When we are stressed, it is harder.  We like to be right instead of compromising.  We hold on to things we shouldn't.  However, love says we can be forgiven and try again.

     That's why it is the language that can be spoken fluently by anyone.  People from different cultures, backgrounds, ages, statuses and colors can connect through love.  A child who has been abandoned and left without the love of a parent, can still speak the language of love.  It takes a while.  It takes trust and positivity.  It takes testing of faith and patience.  It takes courage.  But they can get there.  They can learn to accept your love.  And eventually, they can learn to accept the love of our Father.  Because they  have learned to speak love. They have felt it, experienced it, seen it.  They have learned of the love of Jesus Christ on the cross.

That is our prayer of love.

{haley}

Here is a video from H2H showing a bit of what we do here and who all these amazing kids are! (Please excuse my man voice- I had strep throat, which is why my smile looks more like a grimace :)