I was tooling around today, and I stumbled upon my great nana's grave, and found this enscribed on the back, and it got me thinking...God is Love...
what exactly does that mean? I find myself repeating the phrase in my head, to no finite definition. I really enjoy the saying, but I don't want to go toting it around without a definition. God is love...does it mean that those who do not know love, do not know God? What kind of love is God?
Romantic?
Familial?
Platonic?
love of Material goods?
This whole past week spent with a friend has me seriously thinking about "love", and what my real block is to it-I've tried and come back unsuccessful in my attempts to find love.
My friend very wisely gave me an evaluation in which he said that I need to learn who I am before I can have love.
I was all confused.
I thought I knew myself....
thought.
I then asked myself, "well, who are you?"
and I didn't come up with much.
I was floored.
Didn't come up with much??? WHAT!?!
So I've been trying to compile a list of who Nicholas Aro is.
I am a
1. young man (I don't quite feel "a man" (whatever that is) yet)
2. a music lover
3. a helper
4. an appreciator of art
5. a questioner
6. a dreamer
this list makes me wonder if I'm still caught up in the ropes of Adolescence. I guess at this point I just do not know. Of that list, the last two are the two that resonate most strongly within me at the moment.
But to reel it in, and go all the way back to God is Love.
I guess I would agree with that statement; personally, I see God in everything, especially music and art. For me, what ignites the creative soul within everyone is what God is. It is that voice, that intention you feel within that compels you to do something. God for me is not the literal person that Christianity would like us to think.
and Yes, God is love.
About Me
- Aro89
- hmm. I like change. Perhaps a little too much. I like my hair better when it's red.
1 comment:
Man, I see myself in the things you have written in some ways. Your friend said, "I need to learn who I am before I can find love." I don't have any profound thoughts concerning this but in my own life, even tho' I can list things much as you did, I really don't know who I am. I am a man, music lover, appreciate art, ?'n and a dreamer as well but inside I am torn as to my real role in life. I find myself sort of drifting along and not being real serious or passionate about life often. I make up my mind to do something, go at it but then lose interest. I mention your voice lessons; I have taken lessons and done a lot of singing and that has been an outlet that has brought me almost the greatest joy. Music can lift me/us out of the deepest time.
I come to your statement that "God is Love." Since I was a kid that concept has been very real to me. Must admit I wouldn't be here if I had never believed that God loved me. Know that my friend, and you'll find a peace inside. Saying this reminds me that who I am is really a guy, that despite what I have mentioned above, that wants to encourage other guys going through ?'s about themselves and life. Don't ever give up, you can love, love and take good care of yourself. You are worth it, you really are.
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