Still Becoming
Why Agape' Love Refuses to Let Us Settle
Love Creates Space, Not Pressure
I’ve learned something about Agape' Love.
It doesn’t rush, and it doesn’t retreat. Love stays. Love invites.
Every meaningful relationship carries tension—not the tension of disappointment, but the quiet awareness that says, I see who you are, and I see who you’re becoming.
That space can feel uncomfortable, but it is holy.
Comfort isn’t the enemy.
Settling is.
Growth rarely stops because we fail. More often, it slows when we decide, this is far enough. God does not force becoming. He works within us—awakening desire, stirring imagination, inviting response. Grace supplies what love agrees with.
Becoming was never meant to be solitary.
It has always been relational.
Why the Stretch Feels Risky
Most of us don’t fear failure as much as we fear exposure. Stretching reveals limits we’ve learned to manage and identities built on safety, predictability, and being “put together.”
Settling can feel wise. Responsible. Even spiritual.
But love keeps whispering, There is more—and I will be with you.
Becoming always begins on the inside.
Before God changes circumstances, He reshapes vision—how we see Him, how we see ourselves, and what we believe is possible. We don’t shrink our dreams because God is small. We shrink them because fear has been loud for a long time.
Yet the dreams that keep returning—quiet, persistent, unfinished—are often echoes of how love already sees us.
Living Forward Without Losing Yourself
Sacred tension requires release. Yesterday ended last night. Our history can explain us, but it does not define us. Familiarity can quietly become the enemy of faith.
Love lives forward.
Faith begins where control ends.
Change is not betrayal of the past; it is cooperation with love’s future. Those who keep stretching begin to live differently. Compassion deepens. Discernment sharpens. Impact widens.
Settling asks, Is this enough?
Love asks, Who is this for?
That’s where legacy is born.
Finishing well isn’t about age. It’s about posture—curiosity, openness, availability.
If I’m still breathing, love is still inviting.
Reflection
Where do you sense love inviting you forward right now?
What tension have you been tempted to avoid rather than trust?
What might one faithful step look like today?
Prayer