On this day, the 14th February a celebration of great love erupts across the nation. It’s Valentine’s Day. The day that many have come to signify as being all about love and the declaration of that love between two special people. It’s quite a picture, a picture of perfection and togetherness.
That picture cracks if your love and togetherness has been shattered by the death of your loved one. There is an immediate separation of your physical selves. There is a rift, a void between two hearts that seems impossible to fill. A day that perhaps in the past was full of happy and treasured moments now becomes a day full of pain. There remains only a gripping longing for what once was.
You have been robbed on this day of a great many things, but there remains with you something that death can never steal, can never rob you of, can never rip from you, and is yours forever to cherish and to hold. It is your love. That great love within your heart will never die; your love has become eternal. It is your forever love, your lasting love.
When I think of eternal and enduring love, I am always drawn to Corinthians. Probably one of the most utilised verses at love ceremonies across the globe. Those words speak of the power of love, the enduring presence of love and the gift that love brings to each one of us. Even though your loved one’s physical presence has gone, their invisible presence is with you always, around you and within you. That is the power of your own true love. That love which stays. That love which can never be lost.
Without love, I am nothing – you have love always in your heart, you are everything.
Love waits, love stays – your love will wait, your love is with you always.
There is great trust in love – trust in the power of love to get your through your darkest days, it sits within you as your beacon, guiding and supporting you.
Love is full of hope – love never gives up, love holds hope high.
Love persists – it is your constant.
Love never fails – the love in your heart will never fail you. Your love endures beyond this world and into the next.
On this day when your heart may break and tears may fall, remember love…their eternal love within you.
“I can never leave you. I have imprinted myself on your soul forever and planted seeds of perennial love in the garden of your heart.”…..Maureen Hunter
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Maureen Hunter is a grief coach, bereaved mother, author and speaker. She is widely known for providing inspiration and instilling hope into the lives of many experiencing grief and loss. Her unique gifts lie in understanding the territory of grief and insightfully helping individuals how to deal with grief and move forwards into their own “living after loss”.
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