I thank the Lord everyday that I was born into a wonderful, loving, God fearing home. I was brought up by great parents who took care of me and I have a really awesome sister. School was always difficult for me. I was always distracted and as a result, didn't have the best grades. I didn't have a problem making friends but I did have a problem making close friends. To this day I only have a handful of true friends. I remember when I thought I found a whole group of brothers and sister that would stick up for me. Turns out they were the people who I had to be protected from. All through high school I've had leaders that helped me through difficult times. I became really attached to many of them and it seemed like right when something amazing would happen at church or youth group or at camp, God would move them to another church or state. Ever since that began to happen I've been almost scared to get too close to anyone or even have a mentor. But through all that, I think I finally got God's message. He was trying to teach me to have an independent relationship with Him. Looking back, I was always closest to God when I was using a leader as a crutch to connect with Him. God wanted me to be able to love Him truly and independently. No I'm not trying to undermine leaders or mentors. I hope to have some kid look up to me one day. I'm sharing this in the hope that my readers will understand my story a little better and know where I came from. I came from loneliness, attachment and almost abandonment struggles and all of this was fueled by doubt. Now I come from faith, love and understand. I'm so excited to see where my relationship with God is headed and to share my story with you all.
I started this whole Love project after having a wonderful day with my amazing boyfriend. Here's a little boy history. The first time that I had a "boyfriend" was when I was engaged to Kelii in preschool. Ever since then I could give you a name of my crush that I had through every year until the present. I didn't have my first real relationship until I was a freshman and I didn't have a real boyfriend until I was a Junior. As of right now, I've been dating my current boyfriend for four months and I'm the happiest that I have ever been with a guy. God has truly blessed me with the perfect man. I started this Love project so that I could discover what real Love was and be the greatest girlfriend and later wife to my future man.
Anyway, that's just a little bit about me(:
//Brittany Danielle//
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
//Where true love begins//
love
[luhv] noun, verb, loved, lov·ing.noun
- a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
- sexual passion or desire.
- a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.
- (Used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like) Would you like to see a movie, love?
What is love? I've asked this question many, many times and I've received many humorous answers.
- Baby don't hurt me. //cute
- Love is protecting the other person from harm, even from themself. //Youth Pastor Kyle Higginbotham
- Kindness, pain, longing, anger, waiting, wishing, hoping, laughing, smiling, grinning, lies, truth. It can be any one of these at any time. There is no single word, sentence, paragraph or even book to describe love. //Andrew Harmon
- Love is having the patience to wait, love is feeling lost when they are not around, love is forgiving, love is not ashamed, love is hope, love is being able to say "til death do us part". //Keith Lewis
What made God give up His only son for His creation? What makes a man and a woman inseparable? What makes man and his Creator one? Love. I want to experience love. Real love.
The bible gives us an example of the characteristics of love.
"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." -1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT
This is just a few tid bits of the things that I am going to cover in my blog entries. I'm excited for what God is going to show me during my personal study. Over the next few months (or however long it takes to finish this) I will be studying my bible, going to see speakers, and just talk to a lot of people about what love really is.
Please please comment and give me your opinion. I love hearing what people have to say about what their view is. I'll be writing again soon!
//Brittany Danielle//
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)