LOVE INVOCATION 13: LOVE NEVER FAILS

Day 13: LOVE ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES  When we young we believed in the immediacy of love. We hoped for it and dreamt of it. Yet for many of us along the way love lost its luster and promise. Maybe our hearts were broken or we experienced deep disappointment or sorrow in love. Perhaps our love was unrequited and we began to ignore our yearning for love and partnership. Perhaps we have bought into the lie of selfishness and individualism above all else. Many of us are avid self-care aficionados, we are doing us (whatever that means) and yet we may still feel sadder and lonelier than ever. Today, I’d like you to assume the position of your young self (whether that’s a teenage version of you or a version in his, her, or their early twenties). I want you to listen to some of the love songs or read some of the love poetry you enjoyed back then and then I’d like you to have a conversation with you. I’d like you to ask your younger self about his/her/their hopes and dreams regarding love. I’d like you to take some time to reacquaint yourself with the part of yourself who is still dreaming of love and who still believes in love wholeheartedly. Welcome back. Witches! This is prayer 13 of our LOVE INVOCATION! Prayer:  There’s a Scripture in the Bible that reminds me of my mother. I believe it’s at the end of chapter 13 in first Corinthians. Can’t remember, it’s been a while since I read it but I remember this statement (from Paul? I don’t know). The words were:  “[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” God is love, and because God is fully present with us always, love is fully present with us always. Love is exactly where we stand, filling up the room—permeating creation. Love is the core of our being, is the air we breathe. Love is life. Thank you for another day of life, Spirit, thank you for living through us, walking, speaking, seeing, experiencing and creating through us. Thank you for correcting our thoughts and removing every anti-love thought from our mind and anti-love word from our mouths. Thank you for instilling in us a spirit of courage, and of love and truth. Thank you for implanting a sound mind within us. Our minds now transcend the bullshit of this world. We are here, in this world, but Spirit you are our Home. You are our center and our Source and we are never confused about who maintains absolute dominion. We remember that we have the freedom, agency, will and right to manifest the love and the lives of our choosing regardless of what others are doing or not doing. We are thankful for our freedom and as a demonstration of our gratitude we take this power of creation which has been with and in us from BIRTH seriously. We approach our power of creation with a calm spirit and a clear mind — thoughtfully choosing our experiences, interpretations and next steps with maturity and wisdom. We choose loyal friendships, harmonious families, uninterrupted self-love, and committed, joyous partnerships. I consider it done. So it is. Amen. Asé. Ameen.