August 05, 2025

 Happy Tuesday!

Here is some Tuesday humor.

Chapter 5 

Expressing Love 

Love is something we say but it doesn't stop there it moves us into unique actions towards someone else. It is something that is expressed. It is felt. Research reveals when we have physical contact with someone, we are developing a bond with them. Children who have good words spoken over them, and proper touching, and positive affirmations have healthy brain functions. The neurons fire off properly. The major bonus to expressing your love verbally and physically to your child is they will grow up to have healthy relationships. If you are a parent and your upbringing wasn't what it should be its okay. God will teach us what don't know. We don't have to live in darkness. People who come from abusive backgrounds never learn how to express love because it is something you do, and it is learn through a person sharing it with you. So, if a person never shared love with you how would you know it. Typically, we learn from experience.

    Expressive love can be tricky because remember love is intelligent. It is logic. It is happening in our brain. But when we get physical and expressive with our love, we need to make sound choices about how we deal in that love. The right time to do something. The right words to develop the relationship. 

It is deceptive to think that love is only a feeling. We love properly because we make intelligent decisions to do so. All the feelings are beautiful, but they are fleeting. We can pick verbal and non-verbal ways to express love and our feelings. We can use compliments, showing consideration, saying things such as I love you, or sending a sweet love letter, eye contact, sharing feelings, thoughtful actions, light touches, small favors without words, all these things are actions are expressions of the love we confess to. There are millions of ways to express your feelings. 

1. We are expressing the feeling we confess

2. The love feeling is moving us into love actions

3. If it remains a feeling the other person might be confused. They will know you love them but sadly they might not experience that love. 

EXPRESSIONS OF HATE

I have to put this one in the mix because some people confuse love and hate. They think they are telling you they love you but in reality, their actions say I hate you. I was listening to a show and the man described his wife. And the host said she really hates you. All of her actions read hate. But she thinks he should know she loves him. How can he know? Nothing she does say I love you; everything said I hate you. Sadly, I think she didn't realize it. A person's actions say I love you. Or it says I hate you.

1. Not telling the person you love them.

2. Thinking they know how you feel

3. Never giving them anything or assuming they know you love them.

4. Talking about them. They will not feel the love. 

5. Being selfish instead of helpful. 

6. Thinking you know how they feel (you never had a conversation with them) you just think you can read their mind. (mind reading is not something God gives) it is not even biblical. It is made up and demonic. You cannot read someone mind. It's better to have clear communication so there is no confusion. 

6. Never talking to them (direct communication) ends false communication. You know exactly how they feel directly but if you never talk to them, you don't have a relationship at all. It just a mess. You think you know them but that's impossible. 

All these things smother love, and they are not intelligent decisions. They are poor choices.