SUBMISSION IN LOVE/LOVE IS THE MUSIC OF THE SOUL

SUBMISSION IN LOVE


THey are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.
(Matthew 19:6)

Love is a gift that is living proof of oneness, of unity in God. By addressing the one flaw of His creation: ‘It is not good for man to be alone’ (Genesis 2:18) God gave Adam strength and completeness with Eve. Admittedly, Eve also brought in the factor of vulnerability for mankind but the more vulnerable we are the more we receive the chance to grow in spirit and to develop inner strength because the power of God ‘is made perfect in weakness’ (2Cor.12.:9). The more we love the more vulnerable we are as we open up to the beloved to an infinite level of intimacy that allows us to detect all of our wounds and scars in each other, which we then try to fill with our love.

God always wants to draw us into oneness, and when He joins two souls together in heaven He would like to see their love manifest in all the small gestures and actions in earthly life, too. Being on the same wavelength is one aspect of love but oneness also evolves from the individualities and differences merging together.

How do we know, whether we are truly one? How does this union in love manifest? It is the sum of many, many synchronicities, actions, gestures and events that reflect the presence of the Holy Spirit. Like having a dream about certain flowers that are suddenly being put in front of you by your beloved. Or feeling drawn by a certain extract of a book, of which you hear a summary from his mouth. Or feeling a tingling under your skin that tells you it is a time of need to pray or send love to your beloved, and when you later meet you hear that at that time something profound had happened. Or being told by a third person that your beloved just had said the exact same words about something a few moments ago. Or the very words your beloved says in his prayers are the ones you need to hear.
Or when doing something in concentration you suddenly feel a warm sensation all over your body and when you look up your beloved stands in front of you.
Oneness lets us intuitively know what to do or to say without the need to explain. Oneness also inspires to find a compromise that is sought out of love. Oneness is looking at us in a loving glance and speaks to us in the many tender melodies in our voice that we reserve for our beloved and that are hidden behind the words that we say to each other.

Of course, where there is great closeness and intimacy there is also a great possibility of great battles that are often rooted in our own insecurities and wounds. Oneness in love cannot be learned as God gives love to us as a gift and opportunity to grow beyond ourselves for the sake of our beloved and all of mankind by submitting to Divine love in humility and gratitude.
‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.Submit yourselves, then to God.’ (James 4: 6-7)


Love is the music of the soul

When we are in love we want to know everything about the soul we are joined with. And vice versa. We put our whole focus on and faith in this one person.
We devote ourselves entirely in love , trust and faithfulness to our beloved, and serve each other as mirrors for our souls. We often say ‘love is blind’. This could not be further from the truth. It is only with the person we love with our whole heart and soul that we share a level of intimate knowledge about our innermost secrets, failures, sins, pride, vulnerabilities, frailty, hypcocricies, falsehood, moods, blemishes of the body and the soul - in short everything that we would rather hide from the rest of the world. And we are amazed and bewildered at the same time that someone knows us so well that s/he can use our souls and hearts like an instrument to bring out the most beautiful music (or noise, if things get heated at times of misunderstandings or disagreements).
In order to love the other unconditionally we must also be able love and accept ourselves first.
In love we surrender ourselves to the humility of being accountable and known to the one we love in an enduring relationship. If we fail each other through any acts of treason we need to reconcile with total commmitment. Only love has the power to heal in an all-encompassing and God-given union between two hearts and souls, and it is in a loving relationship that we reveal the light in each other for what we are. We expose ourselves through our love and it is through the knowing intimacy that we are living the truth of ourselves. Any impurity and untruth will be instantly uncovered by the other as we submit ourselves to the conscience , perception and judgment of the beloved. Ot os a wonderful tool for discipline and moral accountability. Love gives us the strength to live in the face of our sins, our failures and our weaknesses in the full awareness of who and what we are. There is no escape from our true nature in our hearts and souls in a loving relationship.
When God gives us another person as a key to his love, which will expose us and the other in levels of revelation of parts of ourselves that would otherwise remain unknown to us. Only when we truly love we can be ourselves without living in fear of being condemned and rejected. Failures and sins can be uniquely transformed by love and forgiveness. If we recognize our failures and admit them to each other and forgive each other’s wrongdoings we strengthen each other and raise each other’s vibration, and bring out the light of our souls and hearts. By drawing close to another person with our hearts and souls we can learn from Jesus that in conflict with each other we must use the flame of purification for helping each other shine brightly, and not burn each other out.
In difficult phases we have to keep the fire alive by trying to eliminate the impurities and nurture the goodness in each other. We all flourish, when nourished with love and understanding.