Love 101

Valentine's Day was yesterday-duh. But did you know it was also Single's Awareness Day?

You look at Valentine's Day in two ways: Either you look forward to it because you have a sweetheart or are at peace with your singleness and can "share the love" with your friends, or you dread it because your heart has been recently ripped out and stomped on or you are so frustrated by your singleness you wish the day would just fall off the calendar.

We had a fun day at the Wilson house. Even though one of our kids recently had her heart ripped out and stomped on, she was able to make the most of the day and shar3e the love with her friends. Our son, currently sailing on the "love boat", had a fun day even though his sweetie is on vacation in Florida. Jessie got a box of chocolate and a card from a boy in her class that likes her. Mike and I exchanged cards and then he gave me a gift card to a restauratn (which he KNOWS I'll use on him anyway) and a gift certificate for a foot massage. Fun!

Love 101 is tomorrow. THis is an annual conference that our church hosts in our area for middle school and high school students with sessions that deal with dating, relationships, personal relationship with God, etc. They usually bring in a very cool band and key note speakers. I am not a key not speaker but I have been asked to teach one of the sessions for girls. Grace is going to come with me and I will be spending tonight studying and preparing.

What is Love 101 really? Love God and love others. That's it in a nutshell. How dod we love God? Obedeince to his word. How do we love others? Put them before ourselves. It's not rocket science but it's not easy either.

I confess, I am defintely not perfect at Love 101. I don't always obey God and I don't aways put others before myself. In spite of that, God ALWAYS LOVES ME! Hooray! What an awesome Valentine He is!