Thinking about how to love better...

"Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents (OH CRAP). Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love (unselfishness which I need more of, omitting pride, confident in loving like Christ). Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious (not holding back with insecurity, not allowing myself to be vulnerable, not fearing rejection) but extravagant (loving at all costs, allowing interruptions, giving the last of all I have, pushing the love envelope with a pure heart). He didn't love in order to get something from us (thank God because I don't have much to give) but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that."

Ephesians 5:1-2 THE MESSAGE (parenthesis mine)