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Week 6:

You know what makes people great? Their ability to Love.  Unfortunately, not all people choose to love, but those who do are the change this world needs. Differences no longer matter, skin color is irrelevant, and past mistakes are forgiven.  One of my favorite attributes in a person is their choice to love, because through that they are accepting of different perspectives. I'm not talking about extremist here, who only see one side and can't even communicate with someone who has a different view. I'm talking about genuine respect for a person who is different from you and in spite of those differences you make the choice to love them for who they are and love them through their current season. 

I believe love is a choice. I want love to be a choice, because as a wife and mother I've learned sometimes it's hard to love. Sometimes I make it hard for my husband to love his imperfect wife; and sometimes I make it hard for my children to love their imperfect mother. I pray they always make the choice to continue to love me, because I vowed to always choose to love them no matter the cost. If love was just an emotion I don't think it would be as powerful. Love can conquer hate. Love can overcome evil. Love embraces differences. Love looks past the imperfections. Love is choosing to forgive over and over and over again. Love is seeing a broken person and instead of "fixing" them you walk beside them. Love is looking through the brokenness to find their beauty. 

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails. . . And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:4 - 8; 13

Please hear my heart folks - this post isn't about who is or isn't right on the debt on who someone should love. This post is meant to encourage you to make the choice and choose to love. The only way I believe we can ever learn to live together in our community of differences is if we all make an effort to choose to love, regardless of what the other person believes. Again try not to jump to extremes here and come up with an irrational situation where love might not be your solution. Sometimes we need to love from afar. Sometimes there are people in our lives who need tough love. No matter the circumstance try to choose to love. We can’t control what other people think, feel, or believe. We can control how we react to indifference's. It isn't always easy, but nothing worth having is easy to attain, but love is worth the fight. 

Approach people with patience, kindness, and rejoice in their successes. Don't brag about your successes or the successes of your family, don't dishonor others, stop being selfish, be slow to anger, stop keeping score, don't delight in evil, instead rejoice in truths. Protect, trust, hope, and persevere. Choose to be kind today. Choose to laugh today. Choose to not be a jerk today.  Whatever you choose, I encourage you to make the choice to love today. 

This week I'm honoring a friend who doesn't care about someone's agenda. As long as they are good to animals she'll be good to them. I know she cares about people too, but her love for animals might trump her love for people… Her heart is so BIG and she is so KIND. I don't know anyone who loves animals as much as her. I've never met someone who gives "literally" everything she has to offer to her job and to her community. I don't know many people who love as well as her. We don't agree on everything, and I think that's part of the reason we get along so well. We like hearing the perspective of the other side. She's the type of friend I know I don't have to talk to everyday to know that she would come running if I called. Well she might not actually run, but she'd find a way to get to me quickly. We are both equally socially awkward in different ways. We both tend to say things that we probably shouldn't. 

Courtney Kremer, if you don't already know this you should. You are such a treasure and I'm honored to call you friend. You go above and beyond in your job. You are kind and gracious. You are smart, witty, funny, and beautiful. You love well. You are valued, loved and seen. I hope these flowers remind you of your brilliance. I pray you will "rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances."
Also, if any of my friends want/need an animal Courtney will help you find the perfect pet. She has plenty of animals to choose from and will be happy to give you one (or 20) of them. 

****Side note, Oscar (my husband) and Eli (my oldest) picked out the flowers this week. Not gonna lie these might be my favorite flowers so far. Knowing that my boys support and encourage this journey is just amazing, and reminds me I'm blessed beyond measure.  

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