Our capacity for love

Ten years ago, I loved my family to no end. My mom and dad have been the best parents I could ask for, my brother is my best friend and my sister is exactly the role model and friend that a younger brother needs. I still love them, and my love grows each day.

Then, about ten years ago, I met a girl. I knew quickly that she was the one, and I loved her immensely. I love her more now than I did the day I first started falling.

Just under three years ago, my daughter was born. I didn’t know that a man could truly fall in love more than once, but it happened for me. My heart is as big as the sky for this girl.

Four months ago, I was given a son. I cannot tell you the love that I have for this boy. He is my pride and my joy and my everything, and he doesn’t even know it yet.

I guess what I’ve learned in the last decade is that as humans, our capacity for love is endless, just as it is for our Creator.

So, what are you going to do with this? There is someone right now that you should love, but you don’t. The list of people like this in my life probably spans several pages, single-spaced. Let’s be better, you and me. We were given the gift of boundless love. Now it is time to give it to others.