because it is Valentine's day..........

I felt like talking about love is appropriate for today. A day full of roses, candy and massive teddy bears. A day, that back when we were all little, was spent in school with decorated bags and Valentines from every person in your class. Sometimes they would give you candy.....some would give you pencils....some would completely jip you and just give you a card!

To others, this day is called Single Awareness Day. I don't know about you, but I don't need a special day to realize that I am single. And I refuse to be the sort of girl that sits at home on this day, eats a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream mopping about being alone on a day designed to recognize love and relationships. Spare me!

I will be very honest here......I am content being single. I have learned more about myself and who I am in the past couple years on my own, than I would have as part of a couple. I have learned a lot about love. Which may seem kind of odd. Do I want to fall in love? Of course. But I want it to be REAL love. Not the type of love that has been watered down by society.

Also, I have come to realize how many different types of love there really are. Love is friendship. Love is family. Love is passion. Love is being in a place where everything just seems to fit. Love is knowing that you are exactly where you are meant to be. Love is learning how to be loved and not necessarily understanding it. Love can be a place, a time or a circumstance. Love is so much more than an emotion. Love is how you spend your money. I read somewhere once that imagine the word "Love" written across your $20 bill. How does that change how you spend it?

The familiar wedding verse, 1 Corinthians 13 is one we have all heard. "Love is patient....Love is kind....". But the part that we forget is the part "Love never fails." Not just any love though. The type of love that is unconditional. The type of love you give to someone who doesn't necessarily deserve it, and you don't expect anything in return. That kind of love.....never fails. That is the kind of love that my Savior has for me. I don't deserve it, but I will spend my life trying to love Him in return.

So that is the way I will love. I will love with no expectations. No agenda. Unconditionally.

So I end this Valentine's day with this........

1 Corinthians 13: 8-10

^8-10Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled