Reblogging a Friend

My best friend is a genius.
This is exactly what I need.

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My random thought for today is love. This is a big topic I know, I could probably write a billion blog posts about it but I want to focus in on something I have noticed lately. I think this one is for you all you singles out there!

As I observe more and more people around me searching for "love" I find myself feeling bad for all those girls (and guys) who have been tricked into settling for society's standards and definition of what love is.

People seem to think that love is something that has to be earned, something you have to be "good enough" for. The single people around me are becoming so discouraged, thinking that because no one "loves" them, that something must be wrong with them.  They believe that "falling in love" with that special someone will bring them ultimate happiness and fulfillment. That finding that person will define who they are, and what the rest of their future looks like. BUT since when did you have to be in love to be happy? Since when did dating someone define you as a person? Remember when it used to be ok to have great relationships with FRIENDS?

Don't get me wrong, I AM NOT A PESSIMIST when it comes to love.  I do believe there is a special someone out there for all of us and that finding that person can bring us a happiness unlike anything else. I am waiting for that special someone in my own life. I have friends that I believe are truly in love, and it is TRULY beautiful and such an inspiration to me. My only concern is that those single ladies (and guys) out there are losing sight of someone very important. Someone who DOES love them with the only kind of love that truly fulfills.

I AM in love. With the only person that is capable of loving me back unconditionally and without fail. And guess what? He is in LOVE with me too! I am his beloved. YOU are his beloved. We are all so caught up in trying to find that "cant-eat, cant-sleep, reach-for-the-stars, over-the-fence, World Series kind of stuff" that we forget about something much more fulfilling. A "Before I formed you I knew you, made you in his image, knows the depths of your heart, died on the cross for YOU" kind of love. THAT kind of love should be what defines us.

If there is anything I have learned over the past year or two, it is that we must love ourselves and be fully aware of God's immense love for us before we are even CAPABLE of loving another person. This is not an easy feat! But DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED! God works in mysterious ways my friends. If you are single, life is far from over for you. God is preparing and readying your heart and you are growing in more ways than you know. This way, when God places the right person in our lives, (WHICH HE WILL) we will be ready to love them with the kind of love that the Bible calls us to.

Next time you feel lonely or discouraged, just remember. You ARE the love of someone's life- HIS.

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She did not write this for me, but God this has helped me this weekend.