How great is He really?

Good afternoon/evening sweet friends of mine. The second week of summer is now coming to an end and it has for sure been a rollercoaster of a ride. But as always with every turn of the ride there is something new to learn, something to tuck in the back of your mind and something to share with others. So here goes...


As I was driving to Van, Texas yesterday to my home away from home, Sky Ranch, a song came on my ipod that I hadn't heard in a while. Mind you my radio is in the hands of some Austin resident with sticky fingers for electronics, so my ipod has taken its place for the time being. Back to the point, the song "How Great is Our God" came on and it just about brought tears to my eyes. I have sung this song many many times in my life but I don't think I have ever actually asked myself how great is He? There are a couple ways you can ask this question:

1.) Oh my gosh! How great is our God? He does such incredible things doesn't He?

or

2.) How great really is our God? What is He exactly capable of doing?


For now we are going to focus on point 2. So go ahead and ask yourself, preferably out loud and don't forget to add meaning to the word "really". Well do you have an answer? If so please let me know because I have no amazing answer except, "really really really great". I can not even begin to fathom how HUGE our God is! It is physically impossible for me to sit here and write out how great He is. I just can't do it no matter how much I want everyone to know how big He really is. I so badly want to grasp my mind around what God can do for me and my life. I want to realize that He is capable beyond things that I don't understand. He is capable of healing those experiencing their last months to live, He can house those who need a roof, He can bring a smile to the face of a lost soul and He is capable of allowing us humans to live an eternal life with Him. THAT IS HOW BIG HE IS...AND EVEN BIGGER!
Recently I have caught myself throwing my hands up in the air and flying the white flag of surrender to my struggles. Basically saying, "okay that's it I'm done with this. No more for me, no more fighting I give up in this battle. Struggles and sins you got me, you win." Okay for startes don't do that, no matter how badly you want to stick that flag in the air you put your hand right back down and keep it there! Back to my meltdowns, as I am helplessly giving up at the same time I am thinking that God gives up at the same time as me. I shamefully sometimes put God at the same level as me so when I give up I believe that He sees His daughter no longer fighting so He says, "Oh well I'm done with Caitlan now, she doesn't want to battle this anymore so I'll let her be with her flag and move on to the next child". No matter how crazy this sounds it is what I think sometimes. I forget that God is stronger than my strongest muscle, wiser than I will ever be, more compassionate than my heart can handle and more willing to fight for ME than I am willing to fight for myself. Goose bumps much? I think so. On the days I am flat on the floor with nothing left in me I somehow manage to wake up to a brand new day, a bright sunrise and a loving God who is there to greet me with a smile and open arms.

How great is our God? Think about it. Our God is capable of cleansing us of our guilt, shame and sins. Our God can be the stepping ladder out of the hole, our God can breathe life into our lungs and put joy in our hearts. We have a BIG God. A God who wants to use is amazingness on us. HE WANTS TO HELP US! He won't leave our side no matter how many times we fly the flag of surrender so don't think that once your hand goes up that His flag goes up too because while your hand is helplessly in the air His hands are confidently and gently grabbing ahold of yours and pulling you off the ground. Allow Him to take a hold of you and show His greatness in your life.

He is a great God. I believe that is how we can answer that question. He is just one great loving Father with open arms for His children.

And I'm Back...

Good morning friends!

It is truly amazing what reading the Bible will do to your confidence...BOOST IT MAJOR! So I have unblocked the blog and hopefully won't feel the need to block it again.

After some encouragement to do week 2 of the Breaking Free Bible study I am doing I just spent the last hour reading up on the glory of God. Can I just say how unbelievably awesome our God is! I mean for real the words that jumped out on those few pages hit me like a ton of bricks. For starters the second we asked Jesus Christ to live in our hearts and to guide us everyday of our lives we instantly were filled with His glory! Okay now let me take a few steps back. What exactly is glory? Well I tried defining it and lets just say scripture is the best definition so here goes:

Isaiah 6:3
And they were calling to one another:
"Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."

John 2:11
That was the first of Jesus' miraculous signs. He did it at Cana in Galilee. Jesus showed his glory by doing it. And his disciples put their faith in him.

John 1:14
The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the one and only Son. He came from the Father. And he was full of grace and truth.

Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the gleaming brightness of God's glory. He is the exact likeness of God's being. He uses his powerful word to hold all things together. He provided the way for people to be made pure from sin. Then he sat down at the right hand of the King, the Majesty in heaven.

Personally the last one is my favorite. "The Son is the gleaming brightness of God's glory. He is the exact likeness of God's being." If the Son IS the brightness of God's glory then doesn't that mean that the Holy Trinity IS glory? With God living in us, and I mean literally living inside of us ALWAYS, whether we feel it or not, we are FULL of His glory! We are full of His truth, His love, His peace and His presence. What else do we need to be full of? Why would we choose to be full of material objects, full of sin, full of trying to satisfy ourselves with ungodly things? I am guilty of this to the max believe me. But if what scripture says about glory is true, which it is, then I want nothing more than to live my life to spread God's glory to others who don't realize the easy access we have to it.

With God living inside of us we have the choice to make every decision for the glory of God. We as imperfect humans have the opportunity to live a life for God and glorify Him. Doesn't He deserve to be glorified as well? He is so willing to spread out His love and glory to us than shouldn't we use it to His benefit? Why should we push the glory He gives us aside and burry it worldy things? That is not a fun way of life, I am learning this right now through experience. I want to uncover His love, His glory and Jesus himself from the sin I have been burrying Him with lately. I want God's glory to shine bright through every decision I make in my life, every word I speak and every thought I think.

2 Corinthians 3:17-18 says:

Now the Lord is the Holy Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, freedom is also there. Our faces are not covered with a veil. We all display the Lord's glory. We are being changed to become more like him so that we have more and more glory. And the glory comes from the Lord, who is the Holy Spirit.

God is, right this very minute, doing a work in us. He is in the process of transforming our heart and our bodies to be more like him. MORE LIKE HIM! If God is glory and if He is making us more like him than we are in the process of recceiving more of His glory and love. So friends sit back and enjoy the ride. Be willing to push back the dirt in your lives and bring forward the God who is living inside of us because with God comes love, peace and glory. Someone shared His glory with you so that you could ask Jesus Christ as your savior so lets pass that along and show His glory to a world that is so desperate for acceptance and love. And if you haven't been shared the wonderful story of Jesus Christ and the love He has for us then lets chat or find someone to chat with because I promise you it is the one and only story that will stick with you the rest of your life and for eternity! You don't want to miss it :)

I see the king of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
- Hosanna by Hillsong United

Everyday

Everyday we are capable of changing someone's life. We have the ability to reach a hand out to the broken hearted, to those who are silently yelling for help and for those who may not realize they need a hand to hold. As children of God we are called to lift each other up, build confidence, wipe away the tears and hold those in need. We are all someone's person whether we realize it or not. We have changed someones life for the better, we may know who we have and are helping and we may never know. That my friends is the beauty of it. Everyday we are surrounded by individuals fighting through something and by us passing along a smile, giving the compliment, avoiding the horn honking or paying for the starbucks drink we have taken the opportunity to put a little bit of sunshine into someone's life.

We are all someone's person. And we all have a person.

So let's pass it along everyday. People need love, some more than others but everybody in this world needs and wants love. Why not give them a small dose of it? Why not pass along a little bit of God's love so they for brief minute can feel the overwhelming joy of being noticed and cared for, the kind of feeling that God wants us to feel every minute of everyday.

Unconditional love.

New Mornings

When was the last time you woke up in the morning and thanked God for keeping you through the night? Or thanked Him for giving you the opportunity to start fresh with a brand new sunrise and a brand new day?

I vote we do that today and tomorrow and the next day. It feels good, trust me :)

Woe to the city of oppressors,

rebellious and defiled!

She obeys no one,
she accepts no correction.
She does not trust in the LORD,
she does not draw near to her God.

Her officials are roaring lions,
her rulers are evening wolves,
who leave nothing for the morning.

Her prophets are arrogant;
they are treacherous men.
Her priests profane the sanctuary
and do violence to the law.

The LORD within her is righteous;
he does no wrong.
Morning by morning he dispenses his justice,
and every new day he does not fail,
yet the unrighteous know no shame.
Zephaniah 3: 1-5

Question Night

It is now the end of day two of being home. Would I rather be in Austin or anywhere other than here? Yes. But I will work with the cards I have been dealt. I honestly have no huge insightful thoughts to blog about tonight. I mean don't get me wrong I have plenty going on in my mind but before I spit up word vomit I think it is best if I sleep on it tonight and then come back tomorrow. But my heart just kept telling me to write something...anything so here goes.

I am going to make this short and sweet. I'm leaving you with a question to ponder over. It may seem like a simple answer but I am obviously asking you because I believe there is more to it then a yes or no. So think about it and if you feel like sharing then great but if not then that is okay too. My mind is pretty skewed to this question and answer so this is why I ask. Until next time be good, be safe and enjoy summer and love your gorgeous self :)

Are you basing your life off of truths or lies?

Blessings From Casimir Cove

Good morning friends! Well I have managed to find my way back home after a LONG drive with probably one to many coffee stops. But when you lack a radio system you got to do what you got to do to stay awake :)

Today I would like to introduce you to two AMAZING families that were able to provide me with a mass amount of blessings...without
even realizing it (that is the best way to do it friends).



Family numero uno: The Tokar's
These are the precious children Lexie, Brody and baby Hudson.
Although I am not directly blood related to them I feel as if I am. For starters I went to the Miley Cyrus with Lexie and her mom! Plus they have been there every step of the way since JD's accident. So basically whenever I am at my aunt and uncle's house one the the Tokar's will be there!

Family numero dos: The Hartman's
John and Beth are my uncle and aunt. The kids include, JD (13), Macy (11), Catherine Grace (9) and Clare (4) PLUS the dog Angel (sweet older dog) and Mia (young puppy annoying dog). So I AM blood related to them...WAY related :)




Okay so now that we have some background information I just want to share some of the joy this group of people brought to my heart and life while I stayed the night this past Saturday.

• The warm welcome after I came back from my 'final' (that is another story)
• JD outside laying on the couch enjoying the sun and gentle breeze
• Lexie's genuine hug
• Holding baby Hudson for the first time
• Angel sleeping on my lap
• Clare wanting me to stick my feet in the hot tub with her
• Macy showing me her new clothes and graduation dress, she is heading to middle school in the fall. Man this girl is growing up TOO fast!
• Clare trying to get in two sentences about her class picnic but her older sisters like to talk if you know what I mean ;)
• Late night dessert
• Watching Clare pour her own chocolate syrup
• Counting how many times my Grandmother would ask were the girls were, it didn't matter if we told her they were fine she still asked
• Watching JD laugh as my mom told him that I had just about 100 t shirts (exaggeration)
• Sleeping on a living room couch
• Hearing my dad and John singing outside and drinking probably one too many beers
• Waking up to the smell of coffee and the sound of sleepy feet coming down the stairs
• Catherine Grace curling up on the couch with me
• Clare asking if I was coming back
• And the biggest blessing of all was watching the love the was over flowing in the house and seeing how God has turned something so painful and heart breaking into something beautiful and praise worthy.

I list all these to make a point to myself as well as to whomever is reading. Don't just open your eyes to the large blessings in life. Don't expect God to only wow you with huge life changing experiences because when you learn to sit back and look around you I promise you will find blessings everywhere. Whether that is a smelly dog laying her head on your lap or watching a four year old pour half the bottle of chocolate syrup on her ice cream, if that is what brings a smile to your face and puts your heart at a place of no worries then it is a blessing. So today look around you and see what puts joy in your life and eases your mind from worrying, and thank God for blessing you. He is all about the little things and unfortunately we are a lot of times about the big things so today lets focus on the little joys of life...for starters the sun is out and shining bright, thank you Jesus!

Anxiety Much?

Okay this is what I'm working on. Finding ways to control my anxiety and figuring out the most positive way to turn the nervous freak outs into calm breathing. Right now I am freaking out, sweating under my arm pits and feeling a tad bit claustrophobic so how am I going to deal with this? Whip out my Bible and bibly study and focus on that. I am going to bring my thoughts back around to the "normal" Caitlan and just breath. I will push the text book aside because in the long run that is not going to help the anxiety but God can.

So friends when you find yourself freaking out and about to do whatever it is you do when you freak out (you know what your thing is, we all have one and I even have several) try and rationalize for TWO MINUTES. For two minutes of your freak out try and push the negative thoughts aside even if that isn't very far but just far enough to have some space in your brain to think of a secure and promising stress reliever. Now I know once you hit a freak out it is hard to get out of it but you can do it, I promise you you can. Grab your Bible, grab a journal, go somewhere quite, call a friend to come with if you need to and close your eyes and let God calm your breathing. Take as much time as you need and don't focus on anything but His presence. Yes the bad thoughts will try to make their way back in, that's normal but just take another breathe and read another verse. When you feel you have your mind, breathing and emotions under enough control to where you can finish the day then move on, no need to dwell on the freak out. It happens to us all don't think you are strange just look at it as a time to love on Jesus and don't forget to allow Him to love YOU back!

In Conclusion

In conclusion to my past entry on being humble I have chosen to take a small baby step in the right direction. I am allowing my blog to be seen by whomever wishes to read it. Now when I say a small baby step that is exactly what I mean. I have blocked 14 entries (yes 14) that I am not ready to share with the world yet. And when I am ready I don't even know if that is the way that I will share them. So remember, my life is not perfect, I struggle with alot and I am working on being too prideful and learning to be vulnerable. I may still be hiding by blocking entries but I am willing to put a foot in the door and hopefully bless someone's day with my thoughts.


"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles." And the people gained confidence from what Hezekiah the king of Judah said." 2 Chronicles 32:7-8

Going Public?

Good evening faithful ones! For many I can say congratulations you have made it to summer! You have once again over come trials, joys good days and bad days to be able to look back and say, 'wow. I'm darn proud of myself for surviving!' And for others you have a few still have a few finals lingering over your head and to you I want to say hang in there! If you could fight these past months of school you can do it for a few more days.

As for me I have one optional exam left tomorrow night, Childrens Literature. Studying hasn't happened a whole lot today (except for 7:00am this morning for science) but that is okay. After taking a four hour nap, much needed considering sleep for me doesn't come easy anymore, I ate something, freaked out and then did something good to channel my anxiety. TURNED TO JESUS! Well Caitlan it is about time! Geez if only I started doing that weeks ago I could have saved alot of pain and shame but whatever the past is the past.

Here are a few points I want to make about my Jesus time:

• Over the past 4 days I have realized how many kings in the Old Testament have fallen captive due to pride and lack of faith.
• These were generations of kings, grandfathers, fathers and sons that did not realize their present actions could affect their future family.
• Many of these captive kings were at one point faithful to God but failed to realize that faithfullness to God doesn't mean the devil can't find a way to attack.
• When God saves us from being captive it is not because of our good deeds or the wrongs we have made right. It is because our Soverign King loves us the same at our lowest and at our highest and He is willing to pour mercy over us when WE are willing to drop to our knees and cry out for help.
• We are afraid of being humble because it will most likely cause humility and discomfort.

I would like to focus on that last bullet point for a minute. What does humble mean? In the past I have viewed it as not bragging about my possesions, grades, vacations etc. But after God has been teaching me vulnerability these past few weeks I now have a different view of humbleness. In my eyes this is how I see it:

Being humble means willing to stare your struggles in the face. I mean truly stare at them and be able to say out loud what they are. Becoming aware of what our temptations are is being humble. After staring and acknowlodging your struggles don't push them to the back of your mind, grab a hold of them. By grasping onto your insecurities with your bare hands is being humble. Once you have these powerful thoughts/actions and feelings in your hands and you are still staring at them what do you do next? Run in fear? Throw them out like they were never there to begin with? That would be a negative! You take your humbleness one step further by laying your struggles at the feet of the Lord. You hand them over from your hands into God's hands. You, a beautiful child of God who is living in such a scary and prideful world can now turn your eyes from your sin and stare in the eyes of the one man who can cleanse your hands. That my friend is being humble, by coming to the Perfect One and admitting you have sinned, you have fallen short of what scripture says and that above all you are sorry and want to be forgiven.

This is not an easy quick process for most, especially for me. Baby steps is all it takes sometimes. One step forward each day will lead you to His presence. Tonight when you go to bed ask God to give you humbleness tomorrow. Whether you chose to present your sins to God or you reach out to someone else and share what it is you struggle with, that is being humble. Humbleness may cause humility, heck I don't want people to know my deepest insecurities but who wants to honestly share those with the world? But think of it this way:

If being humiliated for a small portion of your life and if feeling some discomfort for the time being will allow you to shine light into someone else's life, is it worth it? By confessing that you are not perfect and do not have it all together all the time could lift a weight off your shoulders, wouldn't that feel great? By going to the cross and by showing our humanly imperfections we have an opportunity to become stronger than we could possibly imagine, we have a chance to grow so close to God that the bondage that is holding you down can be broken forever. That is what I want, to be free of my sin, loved by my God, shown humility and have my pride taken away. Sounds kinda scary huh? Just think...if we are all willing to ask for humbleness in our lives we will all be floating in the same boat, with God who will be keeping us afloat...forever, we will cease to be alone any longer.

Think about it, what does being humble mean to you?

HW Assignment 1

"If you can't say anything nice than don't say anything at all"

Positivity is hard to come by tonight...sorry.

Counselor HW assignment: List all the things you like about yourself

• My heart, it's in the right place.

A Little Studying and Alot of Fellowship

Well hello Tuesday evening. Let me first say the fact that it is almost 9pm on the Tuesday before two of my four finals means I should not be blogging but studying. The reason I am blogging is for the simple fact that I am tryng to keep my mind consumed with positive thoughts (remember word of the week). So I have changed my music from sad to up beat Tim McGraw and am going to pour some love on the individuals I spent time with today.

For starters I spent time with Jesus! I am in LOVE with the Bible study I am doing with the lovely Taryn! Breaking Free by Beth Moore is totally awesome! I can't help myself wanting to raise my hand in the air and yell out "amen Beth amen!", which we did a few times on Sunday during the audio :) So yay for Jesus...that is now three days in a row of opening my Bible! If that isn't a blessing in itself than I don't know what is. I'm thinking maybe I put myself in timeout...not Him?

Then I had a wonderful Prayer Group lunch! Those girls are incredible ladies! I love hearing their stories of life, careers, family and struggles. Each one of them are so unique in their own ways and I just LOVE it! We have one adventuring to Thailand where she will most likely stick out like a sore thumb (tall, big curly blonde hair) haha I can't wait to hear about it! One is a physcology major and is working at Camp Barnakus (spelling?) with disabled children. God bless those who have the patience and heart to love on those kids no matter what they struggle with on a daily basis. Then there is our little construction/architect/engineer who is just someone with a personality I have NEVER met before. Trust me when I say if you need positivity in your life meet this lady because she radiates with smiles, laughs and hilarious stories! I have been blessed beyond I deserve with such a great group of girls to share life with this past year. I pray that our relationships will continue on as we all go our seperate ways this summer.

So after much laugher and about three cups of coffee later I finally sat down to study with my running buddy Megan. She is BY FAR the most selfless person I have met. She gave me a goody bag for finals AND a card congratulating me on Pledge Trainer. We will be venturing to Chicago in August to run a much needed 13.1 miles and I am so excited to experience that city with her. I couldn't have asked to have run into (no pun entended haha) a better education/running/traveler friend than her!

My roommate has also ventured back to me after a long weekend alone. I am anxious to have girl talk tonight and hear how her trip went (with the boy ;) It is going to be weird not living with her for the entire summer. You don't realize how close you can become with someone after living in a tiny dorm room for 10 months!

Two girls that are in a few of my education classes with me just left after studying for Math. They are great girls and although they aren't in a Christian sorority and are surrounded by more temptation than I am I can tell they are seeking for the Lord and it just brings joy to my heart. We have had awesome conversations on The Shack, The Same Kind of Different as Me and bible studies and church.

So in conclusion I just want to thank God for blessing me today with friends. I may not always feel loved but I am. And I can't forget how blessed I truly am. So think about the people you have been interacting with today or this past weekend. How have they changed your mood, your day? Say a little prayer thanking God for providing some relief and smiles in a week that can be so stressfull.

The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

Genesis 2:18

Positivity

Good evening friends,

I just have a few things I would like to say. First and foremost if this week's word is POSITIVITY than that means writing positive entries. So starting now every entry I write until this weekend will be positive. They will be entries on love, friends, what God is teaching me, family, joy and recovery in general. How can anyone expect to recover from bondage when their thought process is focused on negativity and self hate. So we will push those thoughts aside for now and concentrate and the brighter things in life! I also challenge you (whoever you may be) to do the same thing. A week to daunting? Then take it a day at a time, an hour at a time whatever you need to keep your thought process on the upside rather than the downside.

I want to start with how important it is to surround yourself with positive energy and friends. POSITIVE ENERGY man what a way to start my positive week! I have been thinking about who I surround myself with and I couldn't be more pleased. Every person that the Lord has blessed me with has only brought positivity into my life and I thank Him for that. I am surrounded by a support system who will do anything for me at the drop of a hat and alot of them have been doing that recently. I am blessed that I have numerous girls who are there for me and flushing out my negative thoughts with positive ones, but friends you only need one. Find that one person who will hold you hand, let you lean on their shoulder, be honest with you (even when the truth hurts), and never leave your side. Once you have that person, your person, than treat them right and with pure love. You will find that your life will begin to look a little bit brighter each morning and you will be able to look at different aspects of everyday life with a more positive perspective.

Today's world can be dark, scary, sad and very sinful but it only takes one person to stand up and say, "Hey today I am going to choose to look at life as a blessing with light at the end of the tunnel and I want to share that with my friends so they too can see the beauty of the world." Be that person who stands up and takes a friend with you and experience what God intended life to look like...a blessing beyond ALL blessings. He created the earth for us to enjoy and take care of, He created it with positive thoughts about the future and who are we to change those ideas to negativity? So be bold, be corageous and do what you have to do to surround yourself around positive people and places. Let's open our eyes to the beauty of the world and seek out the broken hearts so they too can experience what it feels like to live a life of pure joy.

"Consider what God has done: who can straighten what He has made crooked? When times are good be happy, but when times are bad consider: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, a man cannot discover anything about his future."

Ecclesiastes 7: 13-14

Where's the love?

Well I have survived, hardly but I have survived. It is now 8:00pm on Thursday evening and my huge week is just about over. I still need to do my math extra credit paper (2 pages big whoop) but I need about 5 minutes to myself so I will blog. I have alot I want to get out and say...who would have thought that I think all the time? Hang in there for this one if you can.

I want to start by mentioning a short and simple yet extremelly powerful sentence I wrote in my last entry. The second I reread it to check for grammer (not) but to make sure it sounded somewhat decent this sentence stood out like a sore thumb. I am quoting myself,

"I haven't lost the feeling of guilt, shame, and hatred though. Those three still remain"

Now lets quote a more reliable source rather myself...

"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

- 1 Corinthians 13:13

How is it even possible for me to creat a sentence that is parallel to scripture using such hurtful words? Love. The greatest of those words is love. Right now if I could without completley embarassing myself I would stand on this table (on the Union patio) and yell at the top of my lungs... "WHERE IS THE LOVE?", yes sorta like the Hansen song. I can quote that song for you but for now I will refrain. But for real, where is the love? Do people feel love, the type of love that makes you feel comfort and acceptance or do they only feel the romantic love? Do people know where to look for love? If so where does this girl sitting at the table to the left of me look for it? Does she look for love in a sinful way or does she truly know where she can find it? What about the homeless group that sits at the corner by the Subway...what do they call love? Is love to them the person who gives them the dime or is love to them when they take a hit or drink the beer? Or maybe they know about true true love, the kind that never leaves. I am curious to what people perceive love as.

Where is love? What is love? How do you find it? How do you fill yourself with it? Is it possible to have too much love? Is it possible to not be loved at all?

I can answer all of those questions right now, right this minute. But I am going to hold back for a little and really think about them before I jump to answering them because I need to make sure that I believe what I know the answer to be. I am filling my "love" holes with worldly things that I think will warm me...they don't. I feel loved but not by the person I want it the most from...but I will wait paitently. Love is sitting right next to me...but am I willing to reach out and hold on to it? Can you have too much love? I don't think so...but it's hard to answer when you don't feel completley loved.

So I challenge you to stare love in the face tonight, tomorrow, the next day...whenever! What are you staring at? Is it really love? Are you telling yourself that what you are looking as is the real deal? Do you feel loved and by what? What is making you feel loved? I like to tell myself that by not eating I will love myself more...that isn't how it works, I promise because if it was how love worked I wouldn't be doing the things I am doing to myself. So what will truly make me feel loved? What is the one word that can lead you to the answer to all of those questions? I'll give you a few hints...

- It's a noun.

- Three letter word.

- And this word will NEVER, let me repeat, NEVER fail you.

So until next time enjoy your weekend, enjoy the weather and remember you (yes you) are loved. Be good, be smart and love one another the way YOU would want to be loved.