So Called Love....

Me, getting ready to ride the "push push"

The little critter in this pic is me....when I was born, I had an older brother (late teens) that adored me.  My mother and father divorced when I was 4 years old, so my brother, Buddy, instantly became my father figure.  This was how he would dress me before we rode his motorcycle so that the wind would not get in my ears and cause an earache.  Yes, that would be a baby diaper on my head (a clean one though) and his cowboy hat.  Like I said at the beginning of this post....he adored me and I thought he was the greatest man I ever knew....BUT....as much as he loved me (he is now deceased), my heavenly father loves me more.  We are incapable of loving like our heavenly Father loves....we are incapable of loving unselfishly period, without the Holy Spirit indwelling us (and then it's a struggle, but possible).  Recently "Mercy Me" came out with a new CD called "The Generous Mr. Lovewell".....The words to one of there songs, "So Called Love" speaks volumes:

I can be there for you when it can't get much harder...
I can cover your head when life starts to rain....
I can hold on tight when it feels like you're falling....
I can breadcrumb the path when you've lost your way.....
I can make you laugh when the whole world is crying....
I can build you up when you're broken and chained....
BUT....if all that I do is absent of Jesus,
then this so called "love"....
is completely in vain.....