All they need is Love

Imagine not having anyone to love you. Imagine wishing for somebody to come and give you a warm hug and tell you everything is going to be all right. Imagine longing to see a smile, just one smile to warm your soul that has been neglected for so long. Imagine wishing you have someone to listen to you, just one person who really cares about what you have to say without any judgment, but only love. Imagine wishing to be noticed just only once.

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 It has been so long since anyone told that homeless lady her eyes are beautiful, or she has a great face or what a lovely smile she has. People throw money at her without even looking at her for a moment. Even though she is begging for money, because she needs it to survive, what she is really aching for is love. She wants someone to love her even for a moment. She wants to be notice. She wants to feel like a woman again.

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How about the old guy on the street? He used to be a wise man people used to want to hear what he would have to say.  He wishes for a moment someone would sit next to him and ask him for advice or care enough to listen to his stories.  He wonders if he is going to die without sharing his riches. Yes, he is a rich man full of wisdom, full of grace, full of stories that could change a person’s life, but on the outside, no one would know it except for the ones who cared enough to see his soul.

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These people want to love more than money, a hug is more than food, a smile more than water. All they need is love, love, love…

Let’s do our best to make it our purpose each day to find one person who needs the simplest thing we can give. 

“Beloved let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows god. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. “1 John 4:7-8