Love is a funny thing

Love is a funny thing... and I'm full of it, so I guess that makes me funny.

 

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But funny thing is, it's not accepted by everyone. 

Sure - I love the Lord... my son... my family... my friends...oh don't forget myself!.. but there is a different type of love set aside for someone deserving of it.. (whom shall remain nameless, not for privacy purposes, but simply because I don't know who it is yet either...)

So here I sit...waiting...watching closely to make sure I don't miss them, overlook them or push them to the side to look to the next one.

You know how they say "they could be right in front of you..", that means a lot more than most people think. Yeah, it could be someone in your close circle, but I also take it as... no looking back.  Don't go back to past loves. Some may dress it up really nice, and you're like.. "well maybe..."...but no! There's a reason it ended or didn't work out in the first place...let's move on.

Then there's the really nice guy...usually there when you need him, but you're just not attracted to him...and you don't have TOO much in common. You ask yourself a series of questions...look at it from all angles...but no...it's just not going to work.  I do believe God will send you someone you're attracted to at least. (Ask and it shall be given!)

Next you have the nice looking dude. Total ladies man, and would make a shiny trophy husband... but... he's stuck with this high school mentality.  Will he ever grow up? Probably not... Don't waste your time.

Ahhh...someone on your level. Share some of the same talents... ideas... opinions... What a breath of fresh air! Not!...'cause you later find out that this dude has been done wrong so many times that it's embedded in his spirit that women are just a waste of time. He talks to you and gets to know you, and then when he starts to think that "hmmm maybe this girl is alright"...he goes M.I.A. *sigh* Life is too short to hope that they'd get rid of some of that baggage...and you don't have the time or energy to try and convince them.

Okay.  I like this one.  Attractive... respectful... funny... easy to talk to...share the same views.  I'm not saying he doesn't have flaws, but what person doesn't? At least his flaws are not the type that would jeopardize a possible relationship.  This is the kind of person that you think about on a much higher level... higher than the overrated sexual level..higher than the "boy, you crazy" level... This is the, I just want to be around you level.  You don't have to say a word to each other, because it's like your spirits connect and communicate. Yeah..this could most definitely be something...

So back to what I said... Love is a funny thing. I'm full of it, so I guess that makes me funny.

I'm just going to sit back and wait on this one. :)

 ¹If I speak in the tongues^[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ²If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ³If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,^[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.

 ⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

 ⁸Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. ¹²Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

 ¹³And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13

Just One Of Those Days...

So it's just one of those days.  Monica said it best..."Don't take it personal."  

Ever get one of those days where you're super emotional for no reason? Everything and everyone is just so annoying? All of your faults and insecurities seem magnified and you just feel as though there's no escape for you from your situations.  Every door you run for shuts abruptly and is locked... you just sit there in the middle of the room. Nothing left to do but cry.

And so it happens... you pour out in long whimpers. Your mind goes back to all the wrong decisions you've made. Your shoulda-coulda-wouldas. 


All I can say is... Thank God for creating us with such a replenishing system.  Crying really does cleanse the soul. And it's like after it's over, one of those doors crack open and you can see a little light shine through.  Peace is restored, and you know everything will be alright.

"The Lord hears his people when they call to Him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles...The righteous face many troubles, but the Lord rescues them from each and every one." Psalm34:17,19 (The Book)