To Love and To Hold

Gorgeous, gather around, I want to ask you a question.

If your answer is "Yes," then this is for you. If your answer is "No," well... if you want to stay, you can. If not, that's okay too.❤️

Do you seem to effortlessly attract broken people?

I mean people who are still seriously struggling with life and its challenges in one way or another. People who don't have their lives figured out. People carrying heavy burdens. People who live in constant chaos.

Are these the kind of people who somehow find their way to you, even when you're not looking?

Yes?

Please come closer and sit beside me.🛋

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A few days ago, I went somewhere with a friend. As we sat there, a man-probably in his early fifties-walked up to us, exchanged greetings, and before we knew what was happening, he had uploaded his entire life story to me. All I did was ask him one question. Believe me, just one.

My friend was stunned.

After he left, she turned to me and asked,

"Have you met this man before?"

I said, "No."

She looked even more confused.

"So why did he tell you all those things? Why did he open up like that and even ask to keep in touch? Abigail, this is the second person so far!"

I laughed because she didn't know.😂😂

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Gorgeous, I know it can be exhausting.

Sometimes it feels disappointing that the people you wish would genuinely love you the way you love them often seem to come into your life only to offload their burdens... and then leave.

I want you to know something.

It is not your fault. It is simply because of the presence you carry.

"What presence?" you ask.

The presence of empathy.

The ability to love deeply.

To care wholeheartedly.

To carry someone else's burdens as though they were your own, without expecting anything in return. Perhaps even before you became a believer, you found yourself moved to tears by other people's pain.

That is the presence I'm talking about. It may worry you that the people who naturally gravitate towards you are often those life has bruised. You don't intentionally call them, but your heart does. Something within you makes them feel safe enough to remove their armour.

To speak.

To cry.

To breathe.

To hope again.

That is why they come.

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Now, will everyone value you?

Probably not.

Some people will receive comfort from you, heal a little, and move on without ever looking back. Some will never realise the role you played in their healing.

And yes...

That hurts.

It really does. But please don't let those experiences make you cold.

Don't let disappointment rob the world of the softness God placed inside you.

Not everyone who receives from you is meant to remain with you.

• Some people are assignments.

• Some are passing through.

• Some simply needed a safe place before continuing their journey.

And sometimes...

You were that safe place.

One thing I have learnt is this:

When God can trust someone with wounded people, it is because He knows they will handle them gently.

So, do not despise your tenderness.

Protect your heart, yes. Set healthy boundaries, absolutely. But never apologise for loving well. Never apologise for caring deeply, and never apologise for being the kind of person people feel safe around.

Because in a world where many are looking for someone to listen...

You became the answer to someone's prayer.

You were sent here to love.

You were sent here to comfort.

And that alone...

is a beautiful calling.

I love you.

Imma🤍

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