LOVE IS....

a single red rose?
dinner for 2?
100s of barely audible i love yous?
time?
secret glances?
shared moments?


or is it more?






standing by someone when they are at thier worst?
taking time out for that person that noone else will?
looking beyond mistakes?
never quitting?
following through on promises made?
standing up against injustice?
loving the unlovable, the unworthy?
intimacy?
integrity?
truth?
sacrifice?
hurt?
disappointment?

worth it?



LOVE IS... JESUS.

its not an exchange, giving so you get, its raw and its hard and its unconditional. its wild and its passionate and its undeniable. its vunerability. it should be easy to be vunerable with God he knows everything anyway...but yet something makes it so difficult.
God wants 1 thing...everything!

what am i prepared to give him?

i saw the sea, i saw me.

the other day i was taking a walk along the beach. it was a really foggy morning, so much so that i could even see good old carrickfergus across the lough, but it was peaceful, the sea was so calm, and i got to thinking....
the sea can change so much day to day; one day its a raging torent, and the next like a glass lake. this particular morning i think God was really speaking to me about where my life is right now. i cant see "the other side" or where im going right now, but things are calm and peaceful because i know i have put my trust compleltely in God to bring something amazing for my future. so its ok that i cant see everything and it was just a little reminder to me to keep holding on and be patient as his will unfolds, little by little. he'll show me the other side when i ready.