Love Is......

"Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end." ~1 Cointhians 13:4-8 (The Message)

I love this version of this bible passage. Love is so powerful. It is true when you hear that love conquors all. With all the wedding stuff still dancing around in my head this is what pops into my mind right now. This passage was read at my wedding. I know it is a tradtional passage read at most weddings but the meaning of this scripture is so powerful. And I am so guilty so many times of not portraying these qualities. Through these past couple of weeks I have been shown this love by so many people. The love from my family, church family and my friends. But what always amazes me is how much Thomas loves me. Every time he talks to me and how he cares for me just warms my heart and makes me realize I truely am the luckiest girl alive. And then I realize how much more God loves me and that truely is overwelming and the most amazing thing ever.

To love someone and to be loved by someone is the most amazing feeling in the world. Something God creates and is so precious. Something I want to hold on tight to and cherish.

I have had different friends during all of this ask how do you know if he is the one. It is something you just know. God puts it on your heart and you never look back. If there is ever any true doubt in your head then he is not the one. I could not imagine having anyone else in my life except for Thomas.

So for all you single girls, wait for the one that God has for you. It is so worth waiting for. I waited patiently on the Lord and he gave me my heart's desire. Thomas was the first man I kissed, the first man I fell head over heels for. I always tell him it was his smile and his laugh that won my heart. :-) In the Psalms it says, be strong and take heart and wait patiently for the Lord (paraphrase)

God has loved us with an everlasting love. And has given us all someone in our life, wether a good friend, a parent, a mentor, husband or wife to show us God's love. And if you don't see it take time to just sit and be still and look for God's loving hand in your life. It is there wether big or small. Just the fact you are alive another day shows that God has a purpose for his wonderful creation.

Some days for me it is easier to remember all of this than other days, but thankfully the Lord never gives up on me. :-)

Today my heart is over flowing with the love and joy the Lord has given me. Something I will try and hold tight to, to make it through the storms in my life.

God is good all the time. And all the time God is good.