Love Stays

You have heard it said*: "Love doesn't want people to stay ignorant and frightened.  Love doesn't value obedience over all else.  Love doesn't judge and find some lives - or loves - more valuable than others.  Love doesn't use people and throw them away.  Love stays, and makes you stronger, even when the person you love is gone." But I say unto you: "Love does not want people to stay ignorant and frightened. Love wants people to be enlightened and unafraid. "Love does not value obedience over all else.  Love values compassion and justice over obedience. "Love does not judge and find some lives - or loves - more valuable than others.  Love finds the presence of God in all lives and all loves. "Love does not use people and then throw them away.  Love values people and cherishes the positive contributions that they make. "Love stays and makes you stronger, even when the person you love leaves or is gone." "Love, after all, is omnipresent and is eternal. "Love never ends. "Love is God." *Stacey Jay