God is love. Three words - yet profound. That God is love is something that continues to amaze. I lost both my parents over the last three years - I loved them dearly but I love them even more now after the loss - if death is the final end as the fatalists think then my love is in vain - yet my love is not in vain for if God is love and God is eternal and I am in God then my love of them is too is real and forever. Now that my parents are free from the physical suffering of their final years they are free from the bounds of earthly human limitations - through prayer I see them (spiritually) through the thin veil that separates us and I am closer to them now than when they were alive on this side. I sense their freedom, freedom from the shackles of this life to freedom in the spirit and even if being purified they are still more free than it is possible this side of eternity. It is true God is love an ocean of love, a love that completely satiates for God is the fulfillment of all human desire. God is the end goal of human existence. We can never truly understand the height, depths and vastness of the love of God for if we get close to doing so we realise we are dealing with a trinitarian God therefore three times more loving since three persons exist in the one Godhead. The love of God is also a consuming fire without end, a perpetual well-spring, a fountain where the human soul finds refreshment, an ointment and balm for our wounds, a sure anchor where we find rest. Let our loving contemplation of the Love of God allow us to flower in this life through acts of love towards our neighbour in union with the love of God.
Garabandal, this was so beautifully written. Thank you for sharing this. The way you described the love you have for your parents and especially more now that they have passed resonates in me. Even from a young age without understanding of my faith, I used to say that my love for my parents was so so so strong that no way could death ever stop it. So, I understood from young heart that this “LOVE” was eternal and not realizing that this LOVE was from God. ❤️
I'm hanging out on this thread for peace and quiet. The latest from my busy daughter, Rachel, who is a mother of five. God bless all of our families! https://reflectionsbyrachel.com/out-of-reach/motherhood and literature?fbclid=IwAR2mu0vCZmZsY5wjvsaVHhIxOpQ4wUxCq9SqCy5b72gjF-yTzmdebB14PEs
What beautiful insights your daughter has! I wish I had been that grateful and wise when I was her age. You are richly blessed!
Truth! Beautiful. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:39
