"There Is No Law Against Love
A scared voice on the other end of the phone sobbed between these words, “I ran away from home, I don’t know what to do, can you come get me?” Here voice quivered with fear and the chill of the evening air. Nicole was the daughter of a lady I knew well from church, and she was also one of my daughter’s best friends.
For some reason Nicole’s mom and dad did not like it that my daughter was her best friend and consequently did everything they could to prevent their being together. This made for tense times between our two families. I knew that I could not leave her in the field where she was hiding. Night was falling and it was not safe for her to be away from shelter.
My answer to the scared teenager was, “Yes, I’ll come.” I kept her on the phone so she could direct me to where she was. It was twilight by then, but I easily spotted the rock behind which she was hiding. The first step was complete. Nicole was safe from the night. Now, probably the hardest part was ahead.
I learned that night that there is no law against love. There is no rule that limits the amount of love we can give someone. We are surrounded with rules and laws telling us how fast we can drive, or how much we have to pay for a certain object. There are rules about talking in the library and about how we are to behave when saluting the flag or in the court room of law before a judge.
But love? – there is no limit there is no refraining from love, there is no possibility that you could love too much. Love is a mediator. Love is a balm. Love breaks walls. Love heals wounds.
Nicole’s mother may have been at a loss to know what to do with the “attitude” she said that her daughter was giving her that afternoon. Haven’t we all been in that place? And it is not easy to love sometimes. But love is the great communicator when other kinds of words will not work and when someone seems to be deaf.
Love may not resolve a situation, or it may not heal a relationship. But there is a better chance of love winning than harsh, critical and judgmental words having the desired effect.
“There is no law against love.” Isn’t that exciting? We can love and love and then love some more and love again and there will be no meter going off saying that is the limit. There will be no police officer flashing his lights behind us and reminding us that we were going over the “love limit.”
Ask yourself, “What situation do I have today that I have no idea what to do with? Put love in the blank space and see if the sentence reads better. See if that letter that you were going to send sounds better with love rather than bitterness and anger. Is there someone that you’ve not been talking to because of a betrayal or criticism? Let love start to fill the silence.
“There is no law against love.” It is comforting to mediate on that. Do you have an obsessive behavior problem? Great! Obsess in love. Go to extreme in love. Love in words. Love in attitude. Love in deed. Have you caught the eye of a spouse across a crowded room and mouthed the words to him or her, “I love you.” I’ve done that with my daughter because I want her to know at all times that I love her.
Don’t be afraid of love. Love can be scary sometimes because it is a giving of yourself to someone else. It is an opening of yourself to someone else. It’s ok to love with heart and mind and soul and spirit.
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