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Talk softly and carry a big stick. And learn to forgive yourself as well as others.

Re: How Can You Communicate Love in a Practical Way?

Find out how God wants us to love others. We were never told we were loved when I grew
up, but we knew it but our parents actions. However as an adult when I decided to tell them I loved them, it was very hard to say the words. Once I did, it became easier after that. Positive words that encourage & loving actions. Both must be done in front of them & behind their back.

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I think that love is shown when we seek good things that we can do for others, and especially our family.

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Have sex with her first and I am sure she will accept you as loving her.

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Love is a action and a choice.
God states that "If you love Me you will keep My Commandments." John 14;15
Therefore saying I love you and not showing acts of love make the phrase a cliche.
Showing love can be as simple as putting together lunch for a loved ones work when what you really want to do is go to bed,or read a book.
Putting others needs before your own is showing love. Don't walk in selfishness saying look at what I have to do.
Helping others in time of need is showing Love.
Praying for others is showing love.
Walking in forgiveness is showing love.
Understanding that people are at different levels and meeting people for where there are at in love is showing them love.

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Love is best communicated when you do not try and overwhelm something with your desire to control them. When you seek not to control them they can grow and that love.

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My friend Dylan died last week. He sent me this note that I would like to share. " Dave, If I was to die tonight, would God welcome me to heaven or would he morn for me, that I did not live the long life that he had planned for me? I keep dreaming that I am about to die soon and do do not realy know if I am about to be condemned because I am not sure that I am loved. Your pal, Dylan. How could I have shown him that I loved him more than I already had?

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Dylan died in a vehicle accident. He had been having dreams of his pending death since last September. He was only 19 years old.

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Dave, Your friend Dylan was acknowledging your love and friendship. He was missing an other kind of love, that is often seen when one loses grandfathers at an early age. It also comes when one is seeking Jesus and gets a false Jesus from the church that he attends. Celebrate your time with Dylan, do not condemn yourself for what you are not able to give. God bless you with peace.

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Dave, I lost my best friend when he was 23. We had known each other since we were five years old. He was killed by a drunk heavy equipment operator on a construction site. I found that I could not get any peace in my soul until I forgave him for leaving my life. I had to forgive the guy that killed him and I had to forgive God for letting him die. I now have the joyful memories and not the loss. And you have to forgive yourself for not being there to stop the accident. I pray for you to understand this.

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Dave, You are tryingto make yourself guilty for not being the savior ofyour friend. All that you could have done is forgiven Dylan for Dylan doing what Dylan normally did. Thank God for the time that you had with him and make someone elses life happy by being a friend to them.

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If a person is carrying guilt because they could not save another person on their timing, would that mean that they need to love themselves the way that Jesus loves them? And could they have a fear that their love for another caused them to loose their life?

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John W. Guilt is one of the signs that a person has not accepted being loved. They feel a need to punish themselves for the things that they have no control over. Guilt will make unreasonable and unrealistic accusations of how bad a person is because they did not do something that they would not have been able to do. Guilt makes it very hard to leave the past behind and walk forward in faith. Forgiveness of self is the key to freedom from guilt.