Valentine's Day Blues

Hi ladies. Hope you're having a good Tuesday. So i'm sitting here snacking on gummy worms and watching "Leap Year" (super cute rom com by the way if you haven't seen it) and it hit me...that pesky little thing that comes up every now and again but especially around this time of the year...that's right it's the lonely bug.

Don't get me wrong, I love all those sappy Hallmark cards, rom coms where the unexpected guy gets the girl, and Reese's shaped like hearts BUT beneath the surface of all that lies a heart-sickening loneliness. If you don't already know i'm 24. Now while that is still really young, i've been single since my boyfriend broke up with me junior year of high school (i've only ever dated one guy). I don't know what it's like to be in love and that makes me sad sometimes. I have a lot of friends and peers who are either in serious relationships or are already married. Besides that, in our culture, we're taught that we're born, we grow up, go to college, graduate, meet the love of our lives, get married, have kids, and grow old together.

However, what they don't teach us is that not everyone finds love right away; sometimes you're really young, sometimes you're older, and sometimes you're called to singleness. Being completely honest right now, I really hope that's not my calling; singleness I mean. I've always wanted to get married and have children one day. But we shall see where the Lord leads. Sometimes that's the scariest thing, putting everything at the Lord's feet and letting go of control. However, that is the best path in life. It's the best way to live because ultimately God is in control of our lives and I sincerely believe He has a plan for our lives; for mine and yours and everyone else's.

The other thing we have to remember is that we already have a Man who loves us above anything else; a Man who died on a cross over 2,000 years ago so we would be free of the clutches of sin and the devil. His name is Jesus. He is the great lover of our souls. We have that promise not matter what else happens in life. And that's the best kind of love there is.

So, if you're like me this Valentine's day and you're single and feel the pang of loneliness, remember that Jesus is the cure for a lonely heart. So maybe I will get married one day. Maybe it'll be in two years or five or ten, but no matter how long it takes, not matter who I fall in love with, the most important thing is the the One who owns my whole heart forever is Jesus and that's the best Valentine's Day present I can think of.

Love and Blessings,

Mariah xoxo