Love that restores

Real love does not prove itself only when it is easy, public, or deserved. Real love is shown most clearly when you have the power to crush, dismiss, shame, or walk away, yet instead you choose restraint, mercy, truth, and restoration.

You lift it. You cover it. You tend to it. That is not weakness. That is strength governed by love.

And when He found her, He did not shame her for being lost; He proved she was worth dying for.

He did not merely rescue me from loss. He restored me to belonging.

Because love found me, love trained me, so love must flow through me.

Dr. Chantale Abigail Prophete
Your Number One Cheerleader

Selected passages from the author’s reflection, shared here with permission.