Splinters Of The Heart

When it comes to love many do their best to try and get by at all costs because love has acquired the reputation of being a hurt master, the cause of great pain that leads to a place that seemingly has no exits. Then on top of that, every time we encounter a broken heart it leaves a deep splinter where we once had Joy. But yet, Since we were children we have heard intriguing stories about love and the joy it brings: The Prince and the Princess, Cinderella, and many, many others. Yet, even though love seems to be all around us we sometimes feel we’ve been discarded and cast far away from love and its joys, to live a life of unhappiness.

As a minister, I have counseled many people male, female, young, old, and of pretty much every race who just grew tired of hoping and waiting for love to find them. They would tell me that though they enjoy loving others they no longer look for it or expect it to come to them. Then you have some who just simply fear “Falling in Love” because they don’t believe the person will love them back or they just don’t want to lose emotional control. They have perhaps spent years getting a handle on themselves and that feeling of being in control makes them feel safe from being hurt by love. Love has indeed left its mark around the world concerning the pain that sometimes travels with it. While it’s easy to get it wrong when it comes to love, The fact remains that you only have to get it right ONE TIME.

Love is so powerful and packed with so much joy and healing until I encourage you whoever you are and no matter what you’ve been through, Please Never give up on LOVE.

Love is notorious for finding you when you least expect it. In a grocery store, at a red light, or even in an elevator and it’s often as close to you as right under your nose. When love enters your life so does change. The presence of true love summons the better of you to replace the broken you. The reality of true love begins to remove all the splinters of past hurt. Then it begins to heal and strengthen you until your best you is manifested to replace the image of yourself you had settled for.

When love happens it goes beyond you, your pain, the splinters you encountered, and all your memories, and the healing begins. Love has a way of causing bad memories to lose their power over you. When love happens and you allow it to rule it chases away your fears. The Bible tells us that there is no fear in LOVE (1 John 4:18).

When you allow fear to reside in the place of love, knowing love becomes something that seems impossible to you. But when you allow LOVE to happen it introduces you to life without fear and its torment.

This is when the splinters you've carried in your heart start to be removed and replaced with new Joy, new happiness, and total healing in your mind, soul, and body. We hear people talk about falling in love, they say things like I fell in love or I think I’m falling in love. This is because love is not something you can make happen or stop from happening. When love happens there is no steering wheel or controls to do it your way. However, as much as love is talked about and acted out on TV and in movies and even sung about on the radio there are many who feel love has passed them by. well, I have news for you. As long as you are breathing love is looking for you. To heal you, and to remove all of those splinters from your heart.

There is a plant called the Lily of The Valley and to many this plant symbolizes purity and humility. Queen Victoria, Princess Astrid of Sweden, Grace Kelly, and Kate Middleton all used white bell-shaped buds in their wedding bouquets. Lily of the Valley, the flower for May, Symbolizes “Return to Happiness.”

So get ready to be Happy!

No more Splinters of the heart, just "Love and Happiness."