where is love?

I asked my friends on instagram where they saw love today,
because today,
for the first time in a while,
I saw it too.

Love has confused me a lot lately.
Not cheep, buy me dinner and we'll hook up love.
Not how much I love my dog love.
Like real, messy, genuine, unwarranted, relational, conflicting Jesus love.

I don't see big-picture love in my life-altering questions and cries out to God these days.

So I asked.

Where is love?

"When the person in front of me bought my cinnamon roll"
"Dr. Taylor curved our exam"
"My teacher told me good job instead of only paying attention to the two favorites"

Where is love?

"When a single life care package from mi Madre arrives"
"I wore sweatpants to the dining hall and no one judged me"
"In my cat"

Where is love?

"In my prof talking about how much he loves his wife for like 20 minutes"
"in coffee"
"In my friend and how she cares for me"

Where is love?

"In Jesus making the world pretty even though he didn't have too"
"In friends who let you ugly cry"
"I saw love for myself. I've been neglecting me for far too long & I finally gave myself rest & quiet."


That's where love lives today.