Stronger Together

One of my favorite ways to dig into scripture is writing it down and pulling out key elements from those verses or looking up commentary when I need help understanding what is being said. For my scripture writing, I follow Shannon over at her blog Sweet Blessings.

This month’s topic is on RELATIONSHIPS and there is always so much to learn. As I was doing my Scripture Writing this morning, I read the following verses:

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭4:9-12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I also decided to read some commentary on verse 12 (biblestudytools.com), and with that, it really opened my eyes to unity. 

LOVE ~ GIVING ~ DIFFERENCE

Yesterday I listened to yet another message by Elevation Church called "Give What You Want & You'll Get What You Need." An incredible message from God that was spoken through Holly Furtick and all her wonderfulness and crazy life stories. :D

I am not going to spill the beans of her entire message, so I highly encourage you to take some time out of your day to go listen to it (it is only about 34 minutes long)! I was greatly inspired by her message and wanted to share my thoughts on the matter with you all.


GIVE and IT will be GIVEN to you. (Luke 6:38a)


When you think of GIVING, what usually comes to mind? Giving financially? Time? Physical labor? Sacrificing something? There are so many ways that we can give, even in the small things! Sometimes the small things at home, in a relationship, at work, or just out in the public can make ALL THE DIFFERENCE!
Giving your attention, affection, and/or commitment can make a huge impact on someone's day! Just think of what YOU need or want. Often times we can bring ourselves down by thinking about what others DON'T GIVE US. This can become a very depressing thing to do. Next time when you feel the urge to point the spotlight on yourself, think about the same need you want and see if anyone around you needs it instead. As Christians, God fulfills us, and He WILL give you what YOU NEED. As humans, we often forget that.
No matter where we are or what we're doing God has called us to be His light. To let Him live through us. One ultimate theory for why God created us, which I love, is that God had so much LOVE to give that He wanted to create creatures to share His unending, forever faithful, and awe-inspiring love with.
We were created with love inside of us! Inside all of us. Some choose to hate, but just like frowning, hating is so much harder than loving. Sometimes we think that remaining closed up and hard-hearted is the only way to protect ourselves, but in reality, it only ends up hurting ourselves and the people around us more in the long run.

Can You Feel The Love?

As this Valentine's Day is ending I thought I would write this quick post, to reflect on some things. Today I went to the store and I don't know what it is about Valentine's day but I could just feel the love in the air (😉😁). It just seemed like everyone knew that they were loved, that everyone loved someone, and that people were just nice to each other. I just love that feeling! Why can't every day be like this?

Credit to my wonderful mom :)

But in a way, it can be! Because we are all loved 100%, 24/7 by our amazing Heavenly Father!

A lot of the time . . . ok most of the time, Valentine's day is centered around couples and sweethearts and us single peeps can sometimes feel left out (not as much anymore with amazing friends, and it turning into a 'single awareness day ' lol) but it can still make us single people ask ourselves "will there ever be that person for me?" I know I have asked that question to myself and I can find myself wondering what this day would look like to spend it with that special someone. But right now, God has me perfectly right where I am and I have learned to be content with that. Knowing that it is okay to be that single friend is great because in the end there is always Someone who truly loves and cherishes me.

Also, I want to give shoutouts to my wonderful friends. God has blessed me enormously with AMAZING God-fearing friends and I am so thankful to have them in my life!

A rose for such an occasion as "Galentine's Day" :D

Speaking of friends, make sure you go over and give some love to Sincerely Dreamette! A wonderful blog started by a dear friend of mine. 😊

On my way home this evening, I heard "Live Like You're Loved" on the radio and why not . . . it is a day all about love, haha. Anyways, a regular song that I have heard countless times before jumped out at me. 

It goes:

So go ahead and live like you're loved / It's ok to act like you've been set free / His love has made you more than enough / So go ahead and be who he made you to be / . . . I'm tellin' you somethin' / This God we believe in / Yeah, he changed everything / No more guilt! No more shame! / He took all that away / Gave us a reason to sing

This song reminded me that we always have a reason to "feel the love," to act like we mean the world to someone! No matter who you are, where you are, who you have around you or what you've done, you are LOVED and CHERISHED by the Kings of kings and Lord of lords! You are worth being loved!

With all that love that Jesus pours over us, we have the ability to pour that love onto others!

So I commend you to pass on that same love that Jesus showed us to others. It doesn't have to be anything big, maybe it's just a kind smile or compliment, or maybe it's doing something special (for no reason) for someone you care about.   

I am now going to finish this blog post and this Valentine's with a cup of yummy almond milk and a wonderful chocolate chip-oatmeal-raisin cookie! 

Thank you so much for reading this post and I want to let you know that you are AWESOME right where you are!