In The Aftermath

Didn't you all love the invisible post last week? What? You didn't see it? -_-

This past Tuesday was a day of love: either to love your significant other with cheep gifts, or to love hating the day because you're single...again. I think some people call it Valentines Day, and it's one of the more uncomfortable holidays. This was the very first year I actually had a "Valentine", as it were, so I got to see the other side of this holiday. I don't know where you are in life, single, in a relationship, married, or divorced, but there were a lot of things I observed this week that completely changed my outlook on February 14th.

The first one is that people in general are hungry. They're hungry for love and acceptance, someone to stand by their side no matter what. Hungry for someone to be their one and only, to cherish for as long as they live (or as long as their feelings last). The whole holiday seems to be a matter of trying to fill up the holes in your heart that God has intentionally placed there to be filled with the love of other people.

But in the excitement of it all, we often forget that the biggest hole in our hearts can never be filled by any person, no matter how much we love them. We are creations meant to be in a love relationship with our Creator, and no humanly love is ever going to satisfy that desire.

After the holiday was over, I had to take a breather. Something still didn't feel right, even though I'd spent the whole day with someone I loved. No, I'd neglected my first love, the love of my Father, and let me tell you, that's one relationship that will never break your heart.

He loves you like no other. He'll never leave you, EVER. There will never be anyone better than you in His eyes. He will always think you're beautiful, because He made you! If you're single right now, He'll be all that you need until the right person comes along. If you're married or in a relationship, He'll show you the kind of love you should be showing to your significant other. However you find yourself at the end of it all, He'll be there, and He still loves you.

It's a short blog this week, but I figured there'd be a lot of you who forgot why it is that you still feel empty. I just wanted to remind you that your Savior is waiting for you, and in His arms is the best place you can be. <3

Quackamuno

Have you ever made up a word? I have just now done that very thing. The word is "quackamuno" (cwak-ah-MOOn-O), and it means "to become a duck or show duck like behavior after consuming duck soup".

This week, I challenge you to use this word in your every day vocabulary, and let me know how it goes.

Examples:

Uncle Fred has gone quackamuno.

Doesn't that celebrity have a habit of quackamuno?

Quackamuno is fun to do with my friends.