Oh my golly. Hello :)
Alright so February blog post coming at you! Are you ready? Yay, me neither! I honestly just cannot believe it is already the end of February! And that I'm turning 22 on the 16th of next month! Craziness!
Wow, well alright let me begin by saying that this month has been absolutely trying in some areas but also undeniably beautiful in others. But before we get into what I have learned this month, let's recap it shall we? Duh! Yes.
So as most of you have probably known for a while, February holds 2 very special celebrations, and the first is... Groundhogs Day!! Ha, just kidding, Valentines Day :) <3 Now, I don't know about you lovely people but my Valentines day was beautiful... let me explain, this was the first year that I took Jesus, our Lord and Savior, the King of my heart and my desires, as my Valentine. Is that beautiful or what? Well it gets better my friends. In very special ways that only my heart and soul know, Jesus romanced me and called me his own through some of my deepest visible and invisible desires. A quick summary of my Valentines day would be... "Your love is better than wine" (Song of Songs 1:2) to say the very least. Ah! He is amazing. I hope all yours were well, if it wasn't then I am sorry.
Now, for the second, ok, well it really isn't a "celebration" by too many people's standards, but it is the beginning of Lent. The reason I say "celebration" is because really we get to become more like Christ through Lent, and that's something to rejoice in. Let's face it Lent is hard, but then again, following Christ is always hard, but also always beautiful. My struggle this Lent was finding something that was " good enough" to give up. I began, like usual, to kinda stress about it... but after talking to others about this, it was brought to my attention that nothing will ever be "enough". Christ died for us and our sins and nothing we will ever do will be enough to earn that gift. "For it is by grace alone that you have been saved" Ephesians 2, that is one of the main things I learned this month. So happy lenting everyone. For me, a few things I am doing are personal, but I'm fasting from social media ( El snapchat, fb, instagram) and am praying more to our beautiful Blessed Mother. So don't worry, try your best and know and accept that Christ's love is a gift. It's hard, but freeing. :)
To end this post, I want to share a couple more things I learned this month:
I am unique and beautiful, exactly the way the Father has made me.
Christ is a mystery, and not all mysteries are scary.
Loving hurts so much sometimes, that you don't know if you can do it anymore... but Christ can through you.
Be patient with myself. The Lord already is so I should be too. "Love is patient" is the first line of the Lord's explanation of a better way to love. 1 Cor. 13: 4
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD.
And most importantly, let yourself feel pain, it's crappy ya, but without it there is no true forgiveness of yourself, or others.
There is much more to say, but as John writes in his gospel, I would need a thousand pages to write about how much the Lord has done. (summarized of course) haha. But hey, know that I am praying for you and that you are loved. I really mean that. Thank you for reading. Happy Lenting.
Love: Erika
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