What the World Needs Now...is Love Sweet Love

Cleaning my room, major spring cleaning, I found my journal from 1992-1997. It was some interesting reading!! I have not changed much! I was rambling on and on and on about so many random topics firing in from various directions like cannon balls attacking, exploding, doing their damage, but then moving on without notice.

But can you guess what the main topic of a young girl's journal was??? Yes...love!

Pages were filled with details of love; hand holding while walking around a camp ground under the stars, trips to Sea World getting soaked by Shamoo together, surprising him by driving hours to see him, little kisses goodnight making me the "happiest person", sharing intimate secrets about my life with him...worried it would change the way he felt, but it only drawing us closer, having a picnic and playing cards on the beach...well if you can call Lake Erie a beach...after living in NC...um-NO, playing mini-golf together--beating him at mini-golf! So many joyous times, bubbling over with excitement as I experienced the pleasures of dating, falling in love, and growing together with a special guy....

Why do we lose that innocence so quickly?
Why do we spend more time fighting with people we love instead of just enjoying small, special moments such as those above?
Why do we hold on to bitterness instead of hold hands by a lake laughing and learning about each other, and thinking of words we can say to let each other know how special they are?
Why do we not try to love more than we hate?
Why do we hurt, and insult, and tear others down, instead of just giggle and stare endlessly into the eyes of one we love?
Why do we not just appreciate what we are blessed with?

Appreciate the one you are with! Make sure the one you are with appreciates you as well. When he comes up behind you, and wraps his arms around you, and whispers sweet things in your ear...cherish that, and do everything you can to hold on to the innocence and excitement of love....

Because you could be alone.
You could be filled with negative bitterness.
You could be wishing just for one touch...just a brush of his hand across yours.
You could be so full of insecurities that you can't see past your own ugliness in order to except love.

If you have someone who loves you...you are blessed. Realize it.

If your relationship is being torn to shreds, and a bowlful of bitterness, and a dish of disdain seems to be what is for dinner every night; then I pray that God will once again be in the center of your home and family. I pray that God will restore your marriage, and the love and passion that He intended a marriage to be filled with. I pray that the barriers of communication will be broken down, and everything will be opened up and worked out. I pray that you will treasure the one you are with, and that the thoughtful little things will bring smiles to your face. I pray that you will once again have those amazing bursting all over your body, tingling feelings we once had as a young person in love!