Love seems to be surrounding me lately. I know most of you think that thats because I'm getting married in less than forty days (but who's counting right?) but thats not all.
I feel God's love in my daily life. Simply getting bombarded with happy birthday wall posts meant so much. All of these people who I rarely talk to, took two seconds out of their day to tell me happy birthday. My birthday was a day full of disappointments, but also a lot of fun. My family really stepped up and went out of their way to make sure that my day ended in a special way, to help make up for the disappointment that I faced early on.
Going to a fancy dinner and coming home to a fresh baked cake is a a sign of love. Having your mom offer to teach your Sunday school class of 10 unruley three year olds is love. Your high school friend letting you know that she is praying for you and your upcoming marriage is love. Mark making an effort to do things that I had been longing to do, and forcing himself to enjoy it is love. Coworkers telling you how much they appreciate you is love.
I have been so blessed lately and God has really shown me the power and extent of his love. And I admit I'm sort of on "cloud nine" right now as I prepare and dream about getting married. But I'm realizing how important it is to love. I'm praying that God will give me opprotunities to love, and not only give them to me (as I am given these opprotunities to love on a regular basis) but that I would recognize these opportunities and act upon them.
As I've been shown there are multiple ways to show love. Love is not limited to simply saying "I love you" or giving someone a hug or whatever. Love can be shown in every situation in our everyday lives.
Look for a chance to love. You may never know what effect it will have on someone else!
I liked this post a lot Dray! It was cool-it helps me realize how cool it is that there are so many different ways to show love. Like you letting me ride with you last night so I could save gas!! :)
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