Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Fall in love??










I don't really know where this post is going to go other than I am thankful for the things that occur in my life to remind me of LOVE.  Mostly things that remind me of God's love for me, but also things that remind me of how much I am loved by my family, friends and husband.  As I go through my journey with my health issues I am reminded by people daily of God's love.  I am reminded by the daily notes I get that someone is praying for me and that God is sufficient to meet all my needs.  I am reminded of God's love by the generosity that is shown by co-workers, doctors, church members to help me or pray for me in a very tough time.  I am reminded of God's love and that my family loves me when they weekly sacrifice to help me clean my house so I won't get stressed or overwhelmed.  I am not saying these things to boast or brag, only to say that God is good.  At a time when I felt helpless, God provided everything I could have needed and more..  


You may wonder, how is the title related to this blog.  Well I think it is because in our culture you often hear: "I fell in love, that is not who I fell in love with, I am falling in love etc".  You get my point.  I immediately think of Josh of course and his continuous understanding, grace and love that he shows toward me.  God knew what I needed when He gave me Josh.  Now don't get me wrong Josh is no saint, neither am I.  However, he is my daily dose of reality, calming, love and rationale.  There are times when I definitely don't feel "in love" with Josh, but then I ask myself what is that...  I Corinthians then pops into my head: " Love is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast, does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, but in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things."

Again not sure where I am going with this other than to say I don't think you fall in and out of love.  Sometimes you may not "feel" like you are in love, but ultimately love is something that you do.  It is who you are and how you treat others.   I am thankful that God always loves me and does not give up on me.  I am thankful that God gives me people in my life sometimes difficult ones to show me his love.  Lastly, I am thankful God gave me Josh to give me little glimpses of His love for me..  I pray this made sense and wasn't just ramble...  

3 comments:

Jonathan P. Burke said...

Nah.... it wasn't a ramble... but that IS coming form me.. you may want to check your source. I think that sometimes it's easy to love someone, and some days you have to work at it. all in all as long as you are not "Behaving Rudely" you should be ok... that made me laugh the way it was written...

Pelt Family said...

The post gets the awwhhhhh award.

jenna sais quann said...

Jade, keep teaching me about love please, just keep teaching me about love...

and you know josh if you still wrote on here, I would still comment...