Happy Valentine's Day My Loves (P.S. Sorry I've Been M.I.A.)

On this day of LOVE, I have nothing but Love to give to all of you. I haven’t been posting as much as I normally would but it’s for good reason, I’m taking some much needed time out for myself…resting, living, loving, and praying for better days.

I cannot begin to share with you how my train of thought has been these last few days. On the outside I’ve possibly appeared OK but on the inside, I’ve been tearing myself apart. I’m my Worst critic. There’s so much I want to accomplish in life, so many places I thought I’d be by now…so much I thought I would’ve accomplished. I hold my own self to unbelievable standards that I really don’t think I’ll accomplish as quick as I hope…or even in this lifetime. And it’s taken way too long for me to see that instead of planning, wishing, and hoping that I need to be appreciative of this moment that I have right now. As we’ve all witnessed in the past few weeks, there are many people who have come to terms with struggles, weather it be financially, spiritually, mentally, or physically- we all have our demons. We can sometimes get so caught up with the bulls*it that we fail to see the blessings that are right in our faces, we often take just waking up for granted.

For me, I’ve been searching for something for over 3 ½ years….companionship/love and a genuine friend. I’ve experienced so much failure attempting to find this first in a human being…instead of looking to God. His love is the only love I’ve seen that is unwavering, unconditional, and always there.

So on Valentine’s Day 2012, I wish nothing but the best for all of you. For those like me whom are single, I want to share with you the Twitter trending bible verse that changed my outlook this morning.

1 Corinthians 13

 1 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If 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 do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

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

 8 Love 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. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When 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 the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a 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.

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

Don’t use this day for moping, worrying, or being bitter…realize that the greatest love of all is the love God has for you and the Love that you have for YOURSELF.

Everybody goes thru singleness…it’s a season we all have to experience to learn to appreciate ourselves. Don’t let anybody lead you astray in thinking that Love is just something to be shared between two people….love YOURSELF and most importantly LOVE GOD.

You’ll be glad you did.

Now some inspirational music for 02.14.2012