When Two Different Worlds Collide: A look at Love

love  |ləv| (n)-  An Intense feeling of deep affection.

The other day I had the pleasure of going to the Daily Grind for some coffee and blogging (The Daily Grind is a small coffee shop in Boerne, for those of you who do not dwell here.)  And as I was sitting there I was confronted with two different scenarios.  At one table in the small coffee shop sat a family of three; a mom, a dad and a teenage boy about 15 or 16.  they talked together and they prayed together.  From what I could see, they seemed very close knit.  My writing was interrupted by another table in which a girl sat with her father.  She yelled at him while he tried desperately to settle things without too much disruption.  She wouldn't give him any chances to talk, and when she did, she quickly interrupted him.  After about 10 minutes of this she got up and stormed out, towards her car I figured.

I sat there, overcome with thought and realized that this would be a great blog entry.  But what would be the moral of this story?  I couldn't figure it out.  So I pulled out my trusty Macbook and quickly typed some things.  I decided I'd put the blog on hold (Or saved it as a draft, whichever you prefer to say.)  And pray about it.  Well, today is the day of valentines and as I was heading over to the Daily Grind.. Again..  It hit me!

Looking back at those two instances, I noticed that one of the lacked what the other one possessed; love.  Of course, I don't know how that girl actually felt about her father, but at that moment, all I saw was bitterness and feelings of betrayal.   While, in the other family, I could see the Love.   And since today is valentines day, or the day of Love I thought I'd write a few lines on it.  Real Love is a very powerful bond, that is a huge helper in the preservation of families.  But I'm not talking about that kind of Love that only, well, loves for selfish reasons.  I'm talking about selfless Love that allows for sacrificing between people or in families.  That girl wasn't sacrificing a whole lot for her father.  She was overcome with selfish ambition.  Selfish love will eventually bring destruction while selfless love preserves unity.

So with that thought for the day, Hope everyone has a fantastic Valentines Day!

Quote of the Day:

Regret looks behind, Worry looks around and Faith looks upward. 

Yes, I know this sounds somewhat philosophical, and for the sake of intelligence, I will say it is.  But if you really stop to ponder what this means you will realize how truly simply it is to comprehend.  Let me be the first to say this quote does an outstanding job of pointing out my humanly flaws.  First, I am one of those people who likes to cling to the past, although I shouldn't, I tend to find myself regretting one thing or another.  And when I regret things in the past, it normally changes my attitude for the future.  I also have a habit or worrying, OR maybe I just over think about things way to much? Anyway, the point is, worrying does not add a single day to your life.  The only thing it really does to you is either make you 1) really paranoid or 2) Mr. or Mrs. Negative.  And neither of these are very attractive character qualities.  But what about the last part of this quote?  Faith looks upward.  Notice, faith doesn't worry, faith doesn't regret, faith doesn't try to make something from nothing; faith simply looks upward.  I think there are two realizations that we need to come to. First, the past is called the past for a reason, the past is to help you learn from mistakes, not make you constantly regret them.  Instead of worrying about and regretting the past, we should be living in the present and anticipating the future.  Also, we need to remember that GOD holds the present and the future. . . why worry?

"Who of you, by worrying, can add a single hour to your life?  Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you. . ."

God is in control.  So what do we have to worry about?  Now, that we have canceled regret and worry, we are left with the last.. Faith looks upward.  Let us look upward with faith!


On Saturday I had a really close friend of mine come over and we sat on the trampoline talking about "Just girl stuff"  And as we kept talking, the conversation began to evolve into something more deep.  We talked about the past, and how we both have serious issues with 'Just letting go'.  The past is an awesome thing.. but it's the past for a reason.  We can't do it over, so why spend time thinking about it constantly?  We both agreed that we needed to let it go and anticipate the future as a field for accomplishing God's will.  Don't regret.  Don't worry.  Simply. . . Look upward.