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When Love is like God – Fiona Calder

I do not normally stand at the front
and do the sermon. But inside of me is a child called Preacher Girl and
she has been giving me hassle lately about wanting to preach her stuff. You may
have run into her in my emails or when you’ve sat down for a cup of tea with
me.  She’s not necessarily intellectual, but she is passionate about what
she believes to be truth. 

Preacher Girl’s talk today is a
snippet from my quest to discover more of what Love really is and what it is
not.

I’ve been on this adventure to find what Love is
for many years—and I’m still on it.  Throughout my life, I have experienced several complex,
destructive relationships. Within each of those relationships, people were
convinced that their words and actions toward me were motivated by 'love'.  In fact, much harm was done to me in
the name of 'love', and it scrambled my brain, making it impossible for me to
trust Love or even to be able to identify what is loving and what is not.

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