Is Love Instinctual?

13140876_10209786696054069_1066892007_nI recently was speaking with a friend and he said, what I consider to be the most disturbing thing.

I asked him rhetorically “Isn’t it innate for people to want to love one another.”

Without pause he replied shaking his head “I don’t think so, it’s quite the opposite.”

I must admit for a second I allowed myself to believe it but the thing is logically this is not so…

When we are born, as a baby all we emit is love.. innocent, almost miracle like love.

We are designed to love, with love by the love of God.

And nothing that you go through on this earth as a human being can change that. We all hold the potential to have compassion and to take care of the life that exists around us.

As I read my daily word from “I Declare” by Joel Olsteen, day sixteen’s declaration read “I declare I will live as a healer.” Just this line solidified the way I was feeling. We are not just flesh and empty vessels.

Whether you nurture it or not God has placed inside each of us a spirit that has the potential to heal life that is sick or hurting.

One of our assignments in this life is to never lose faith in love regardless of the afflictions of this world.

~Always love, especially where there is confusion and darkness because it is always the best way out.