“Can you please tell me your insight about the saying,”love conquers all”… BECAUSE I REALLY NEED YOUR INSIGHT ABOUT IT A.S.A.P thanks!!!” – J
Dear J
I have shared some insights on this statement “Love conquers all” in this post as the final episode on my love belief series.
Love conquers all. This is a grand statement which takes even grander convictions to believe before you can see the wonders of love. However, it really can be just a very simple ingredient that has the complex power of making things happen, especially miracles.
I’d like to share this story with you. It’s called Bathroom Blessing, by Malinda Fillingim from North Carolina.
Whatever else can be said of me, I cry well. During the four months that my daughter Hope was in the hospital, crying became a habit. I tried to be strong for her sake. I bravely held her hand and reassured her that everything was going to be okay – even when I really wasn’t so certain of that myself.
One afternoon, I was completely worn out and needed a break. I needed a quiet place to pray. I needed a place where I could break down and no one would notice. The only place I could find was the large bathroom off the lobby. There, I locked the bathroom stall door and began to cry.
My sobs echoed throughout the tile-floored room. I blew my nose on toilet paper and flushed the toilet, hoping the sound would drown out my weeping. After a few minutes, feet began to appear, one pair after another, under my locked door. I began to hear voices.
“Are you okay in there?” a woman asked. Another woman slid a cold paper towel under my door. “Whatever is wrong, honey, I am going to pray for you. It’ll be okay.” A teenage rolled her unopened can of soda to me. I thanked her and drank it. Two women offered to wait for me outside in the hall and pray with me. Another young woman with two small children told me she was sorry for whatever was wrong. Many people shared words of comfort. One person even sang “Amazing Grace” to me!
My bathroom stall became a holy place where my sorrow was shared by strangers who comforted me, sight unseen. Except for feet, of course.
I finished my crying. The tears had cleansed my soul, and strangers had buoyed my spirit. As I walked back to Hope’s room, a woman asked how I was feeling. When I asked how she knew me, she laughed and said, “I recognized your shoes!” Looking down, I recognized hers, too. We hugged.
Returning to Hope’s room, I looked at our situation with new faith and with the reassurance that I was not alone. God had spoken to me through the kindness of strangers.
A bathroom stall may not have a lot of room, but it is plenty big enough for God to work wonders and help our perspective on life take a U-turn.
This is taken from Journeys of Love – 30 True Stories of Undeniable Devotion, published by Barbour Publishing, Inc. Used by permission.
I hope you enjoyed this story like I do J. Often times, we can be amazed at the kind of love we can freely give to someone whom we find in need, even though they can be complete strangers. Yet at that instant when you extended your hand, you are no longer strangers. You have established a connection.
What more can we achieve if we have a love that comes in even greater depths and lengths from people whom we love too?
Post Script: This article on today’s TODAY newspaper came at the right time to illustrate this – Her Winter, His Spring. Enjoy the read 
[tags]Love,Relationship,Marriage,Parent’s Love,God,Faith[/tags]
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