What is abandoned love? I think it means to give or devote yourself fully to loving... letting go of unforgiveness, grudges, anger and pride. It's choosing to keep giving and moving forward despite pain and hurt. It is letting go of selfishness and jealousy to promote and encourage others.

One of the people in my life who I see this so clearly in is Heidi Baker. As we sat in the open air hut in Mozambique in 2011, listening to her share, we suddenly heard loud thuds on the roof. There were rocks being hurled onto our hut's tin roof... a little scary as our base definitely had some radicals of a different faith living nearby. Heidi stopped sharing and looked at her staff. She told them to go get the people who were throwing the rocks over the wall some food because they are probably hungry. This was such a testimony to how she lives her life... intentionally loving, giving and not living in fear. 

Abandoned love looks for the treasure and good in others... it does not cast aside the broken or different. It leaves our own wants and desires to seek the Father's. 

This is the longing in my heart... to truly live a life of abandoned love, saying "YES" to my heavenly Daddy and "NO" to distractions and self. To live intentionally, making each moment count. To love beyond... "where the rubber meets the road.”

What is Jesus asking you to do today to show abandoned love? Maybe it's reaching out to someone you struggle to love. It’s not easy, but so worth it! This is a season of purification as He is looking for a spotless bride. 

"Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause." - Isaiah 1:16-17 

Love looks like something!