Inspired by a Quote:

"Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired."-Mother Teresa



Burdened by the attribute of love is a wound most lie unaware of.
When love flutters and carries our souls, we find existing simple and divine.
We see a world of color hidden to the eyes of those in forced affection.
Love can bring the fresh breath of new dawn or strike an empty hollow hole.
Where will you seek to let your heart tread?
With burden or blessings, simplicity or grievance?
When you love another, do you face exhaustion or refreshed by the blessed new hope?

Love is simply stated. Love is a a longing we all face. Love is a craving and fulfillment. Love is meant to produce energized endearment.

We need not find the complexity of love, but the most raw form of genuine expression. Look to find the honesty, and your labor will not be in vain. You will find yourself revived from love and feel loved more in the same!

Love.

Oh they joys of falling in love. We all know the moments and memories!! The feelings that sweep you literally off your feet and then as if your body carried no wait your head is suddenly in the clouds and you cant control yourself!

This morning my alarm went off and a song came on, which Im sure is popular at the moment but it was the first time I heard it. I love love love when my alarm goes off and God gives me something huge to think on. It always does one of two things. Either Im going to lie in bed and really ponder the heart of my God. OR I am going to get up and really challenge my own heart!

This morning was the latter. How many times do you hear, "Dont settle?" I would say most of us at some point in the dating scheme have been reminded of what we are worth and not to settle for less. Some of us hold out and wait for the "desire of our heart." And others of us end up "ok" with so much less than we deserve. So much less than our loving God wants for us in life.

This blog is not about relationships though! Ha. Take all the thoughts that came to mind while reading thus far and now focus on this:

"Have you ever really fallen head over heals for your GOD?"

Has He ever become THAT real to you? Has HE been you sole focus and distraction from life or is life the distraction on a consistent basis? When is the last time you let Him swoon you? When have you let go because He was the only thing you wanted?

And to take it a step further, when did you let your relationship with God and your love for Him be every bit as intense as it possibly could be? Are you in a relationship with God that is a "settling point" or are you challenging yourself to have the relationship with Him that He meant for you? Are you allowing Him to reveal His whole self to you? Or do you want to settle for the relationship that doesnt need maintaining or upkeep?

Listen to these lyrics and then reflect on what you have allowed yourself to settle for, then maybe you will find a the challenge I did this morning to step in with a little more determination and enthusiasm to catch who He really is and how much our hearts are truly drawn to HIS!


Give me rules I will break them
Give me lines I will cross them
I need more than a truth to believe
I need a truth that lives, moves, and breathes
To sweep me off my feet
It ought to be

More like falling in love
Than something to believe in
More like losing my heart
Than giving my allegiance
Caught up, called out
Come take a look at me now
It's like I'm falling, oh
It's like I'm falling in love

Give me words I'll misuse them
Obligations I'll misplace them
'Cause all religion ever made of me
Was just a sinner with a stone tied to my feet
It never set me free
It's gotta be

...It's like I'm falling in love, love, love
Deeper and deeper
It was love that made
Me a believer
In more than a name, a faith, a creed
Falling in love with Jesus brought the change in me


I dont know about you, but as far as my relationship with my God goes, Id rather my head be in the clouds than a stone tied to my feet!

What do you expect from you relationship?

True Beauty.

Have you ever seen Wisteria? The purple flowers that look like grapes? I have always been completely mesmerized by these flowers! The vines grow so delicate and climb to reveal various sizes of these purple flowers! The flowers hang from the vines with both beauty and gentle simplicity.

I understand that not all of you will have an appreciation for flowers, but no skimming allowed..ha. Follow me for a second! ;)

Tonight I was driving and I saw around three or four Wisteria plants, full grown. They were planted in the middle of the yard! They were growing like mad, but they were given nothing to climb. They were still beautiful and producing incredible fruit, but they were missing that piece that always made me stand in awe.

Made me think about our lives and how at times we do the same. We may have a wonderful life. We may be content and happy, but what is beauty without awe? Have you given yourself what you need in order to reach your full potential? Are you challenging yourself enough to really be eye catching or are you settling for the type of beauty that come naturally with little to no effort or upkeep?

For the wisteria, all if needed was a post or fence or something to climb. For us it can be many things, but think today about what you have neglected to give yourself to challenge that true beauty? The kind from the inside that makes others notice a difference. Because if you cause people to stop and watch and you are living for God, they may just find something more than surface level. They may step up to the challenge as well!

Just a simple thought:

Dont forget to appreciate people and enjoy the simple conversations! Take time to talk and connect. I am speaking very much to myself at this moment! I am the worlds worst at getting so caught up in the moment and so busy with the "to do's" that I let others fall by the wayside. But today in a wonderful conversation, I was reminded that a simple conversation and wonderful laughter can make the difference between a good and bad day! So dont miss the humor and the connection as result of being busy! Life goes on...and it will never matter where you are going if you dont have others there with you when you get there.