whats the use of love if we can’t “just love”…

“Love… is a shining thing, like a golden fire or a silver mist. it comes very quietly, you can’t command it, but you can’t deny it either.

When it does come, you can’t quite see it or touch it, but you can feel it- inside of you and around you and the person you love.

It changes you; it changes everything. Colors are brighter, music is sweeter, funny things are funnier. Ordinary speech won’t do- you grope for better ways to express how you feel. You read poetry. Maybe you even try to write it… Oh, it’s so many little things.

Waltzing in the dark, waiting for the phone to ring, opening the box of flowers.

It’s holding hands in a movie; it’s humming a sad little tune; it’s walking in the rain; it’s riding in a convertible with the wind in your hair. It’s the quarreling and making up again. It’s that first drowsy thought in the morning and that last kiss at night.”

Joe L. Wheeler

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Romancing the Stone

In the spirit of the sabbath, lemme share with you something from one of my very favorite persons in this world, Michelle McKinney Hammond. Her book “A Sassy Girl’s Guide to Loving God” is one of her books that bring a smile to my heart (going through the table of contents alone). I’ll pick a chapter today and share with you so perhaps your Heart can smile too☺

picture credit:Zakari Atta

Romancing the Stone ❤❤❤
“If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right” most of us can sing the lyrics to this song and clearly have one person in mind. This identified person colors the inside of your world 😍, there’s nothing you’d ever do to hurt him/her, n God forbid that you do behind his/her back something that they didn’t approve of. Thats how much we love when we love the ones that we love.

Many of us claim to love God in a greater way. We are ready to shout “Lord I love you” while tearing up in worship, but most of us don’t get the depth of this love. Here’s a good question, “How much should we love God? And how do we show that love?” Here’s Jesus’ answer:
“If u love Me, u will keep My commandments.”
~John 14:15 NASB

Our obedience to God is equated to the sign of our love for Him. If I say I love Him, I should be willing to please Him at all cost (like I would willingly want to please my lover). Truth is, some of our obedience has had nothing to do with God, rather because we feared the consequences of our actions more than we feared God.

There’s an instance of a lady learning a new language because her lover asked her to learn his language; wanting so much to please him, she learned the whole language. Lol, that’s how far most of us can go with our love. That’s how far love can drive u. So, dropping some profane words from your vocabulary, deciding not to go to that suspicious night party, choosing not to identify with anything that doesn’t represent God, shouldn’t look like a death sentence to you.

If we have invited Jesus into our hearts, then we should be willing to clean up so that He can be comfortable and joyful in His new abode, don’t let Him have to step over dirty underwear, spoiled food, and various kind of garbage in your heart. Instead let Him help you clean it up, He wants to make a love nest in your soul. He delights in showing Himself strong for you (But He waits for you to ask) “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.” ~John 15:9 NASB

Love your lover, love your beau, love your better half to bits. But don’t let the “true Lover of your soul” get the leftovers of your heart. Look pretty on the inside for the One who loves you the most. Love what He loves, hate what He hates. Don’t let your Lovers name be disgraced cuz of your actions (2 Samuel 12:13).
Love ’til it hurts! love God ’til it hurts!!! That’s the perfect example Jesus showed to us (Hebrews 5:8)

There’s a whole lot more this chapter/book is pregnant with, maybe I’d share on some other day, or maybe you can rush for your copy😊

My love life has sweetly improved and I’ve discovered the ultimate relationship. I have decided to be obedient to God because I love Him and I would never want to hurt His heart.

Thank you Michelle, I love you.💓

Finding my Passion.

Somedays back, I decided to gather my thoughts and future (even present) plans together. Then I took account of my first most fulfilling work experience.

I planned a wedding in Abuja last year 2012. Lol I must say, planning a simple yet classy wedding in Abuja the capital of Nigeria requires a lot lot of money. The bride and me were however blessed to find a hall decorator who could work with the budget we had created👼

Prior to this wedding, I was working behind a big mahogany desk in an international construction company as the secretary to the MD. I was leading a routine life. Routine works perfectly for some people, definitely not me ~because I was often tired and seriosly looked towards the end of work hours. ***The best motivation to loving the work you do, I must say, is doing the work you love.

One afternoon while at work, my cousin called me and gave me the date of her December wedding and I casually offered to join whoever was already planning the wedding. Thank God she said yes . With excitement I began to surf the Internet (God bless u Google, I love you) I got enough materials that could help me stand on my own and plan the wedding, and soon I became the official planner of Cece’s wedding.

I bought a new note pad, labelled it “Weddings” and began planning. Each day I had a new excitement, the drive was undeniable, a constant adrenaline rush. I’d make to-do-lists and write down appointment dates and time. I now looked forward to going to the office so I could get free internet (lol) …And so, I found my passion.

Like I mentioned, I am a lover of pink, so when the bride gave me the liberty to pick a color theme, you can imagine what I picked, lol. A palette of Pink Grey and Purple. Being conservative, she wasn’t sure she’d like the turn out, but after I prepared the mood board n showed her, I guess it’s safe to say she was convinced.

Planning this wedding wasn’t the easiest, I experienced few challenges with my contractors but one thing I noticed is, the excitement never left me. I felt like I was fulfilling some form of purpose. It was my first time and I enjoyed every bit of it.

After about 5 months of wedding planning, the d-day arrived and my joy was, the bride felt no pressure (even tho I had to command her to relax and leave everything to me thank God she was obedient) n unlike the norm, she was rather bubbly. On the morning of the wedding all I had to do was put finishing touches: Inspection of the reception hall, decoration of the wedding vehicles and getting the bride plus her train ready for the wedding service.

Here is my testimony: after the whole event, I got commendations and applauds. Best of all is, it was my best working experience so far. I’ve found my Passion, what is yours?