A to Z Blog Challenge - L

I'm sure that you are wondering.... "When is she going to write a real post?"... I'm am slowly working on that! I like this blog challenge, but I also miss just "writing". I've also been busy and haven't had a whole lot of time to just sit down and "write". But, I will. I promise!

Letter L

Love

One of my very favorite words, although... I think we tend to use it a bit too much. We use it to describe how we feel about pizza and books that we read. They can not "love" us back! Actual "love", I believe, should be reserved for how we feel about someone or God. I believe that this is what God had in mind. I am extremely guilty of misusing the word "love", myself. I think I am going to try and work on that!

Learning

When I was younger, you would have never heard me say.... "I like to learn." But, as I grow older (unfortunately!) I really do enjoy learning. I enjoy reading non-fiction books that teach me things. I love (oops!) really like American History and learning more about it. I enjoy learning about other countries and their cultures. I have even grown to enjoy learning more about politics over the past few years. It's not something that I totally understand, but I know a lot more about it than I used to!

Laugh

I love (oops, again!) really enjoy hearing children laugh! Especially a good "belly laugh" from a child! It is so precious. I even enjoy a good belly laugh, myself! It feels so good to laugh like that. Too bad we don't do it more often. Hmmmm.... that is a sad thought. We really don't get to enjoy a good belly laugh all that often. You know the kind... the kind where you can't breathe because you are laughing so hard! And then your eyes start watering! And now you can see or breathe!! LOL! I honestly can't remember the last time I had a good belly laugh! I remember it, but I can't tell you "when" it was. I remember NOT being able to stop laughing! My sides and face hurt from laughing so hard! It's a pitty that I ("we" --- wouldn't you agree?) don't do that more often.

LOST

One of my favorite TV shows of all time! I watched almost every single episode! LOVED (oops!) I REALLY liked it! It wasn't what I thought it was going to be, because I am not really into science fiction too much, but I couldn't stop watching it!! It drew me in and I couldn't wait until the next week to watch the next episode! There were so many mysteries within the show. I STILL have not figured them all out! I have said for a while now that I wish the show was in "book form" so that I could READ it. I really think I would understand it better that way! I guess I should watch it on DVD and then I could back track if I wanted to figure something out.

Lipstick

This is something that I enjoy wearing. Even if it is just a little bit. I like a little bit of color on my lips! When I was in high school, the "roll on" kind of lipgloss from Maybeline was very popular! I remember it being VERY messy (and sticky!) and came in lots of flavors. It would stay in my back pocket along with my comb! LOL

L.O.V.E. for my Valentine

L is for....

the love that you have for me.

how in love I am with you!

how much you make me feel loved.

the little things that you do for me.

how loyal you are to me.

the way that you make me laugh.

how lucky I am to have you!

how you listen to me when I need to talk.

giving me a love that will last a lifetime.

giving me the life that I always dreamed of!

O is for....

how overjoyed I am to be married to you!

how you make me feel like I'm on cloud nine!

the outstanding way that you provide for our family.

you being the only one for me!

the oodles of fun we have together.

V is for....

Valintine. Thanks for being mine for the past 29 years!

how you value our marriage and our family.

how very much I am in love with you!

how much I love to hear your voice on the phone.

all the wonderful vacations that we have been on!

how you maintain our vehicles.

E is for....

how excited I am to see you when you get home!

for everthing that you do for me.

how excellent you are!

the encouragement that you give to me.

providing our girls with a wonderful education.

how you energize me!

how much I enjoy spending time with you!

the enormous love that I have for you!

being the best husband in the entire world!

being my equal.

the extraordinary person that you are!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I love you David!!!!!

A to Z Blog Challenge ~ L

Today I get to write about one of my very favorite words.... LOVE! Just the word alone makes me feel all warm and cozy inside!

The word love has lots of meanings. I really like what Wikipedia has to say about it ---

Love is the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment.[1] In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. In religious context, love is not just a virtue, but the basis for all being ("God is love"[2]), and the foundation for all divine law (Golden Rule).

The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my wife"). "Love" can also refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the sexual love of eros (cf. Greek words for love), to the emotional closeness of familial love, or to the platonic love that defines friendship,[3] to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. [4] This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

For me... the greatest love of all is Agape Love. Wikipedia describes it like this ---

In the New Testament, agapē is charitable, selfless, altruistic, and unconditional. It is parental love, seen as creating goodness in the world; it is the way God is seen to love humanity, and it is seen as the kind of love that Christians aspire to have for one another.

I like the part about it being "selfless" and "unconditional". That's the kind of love that we should ALL have for one another!


The Apostle Paul glorified love as the most important virtue of all. Describing love in the famous poem in 1 Corinthians, he wrote, "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, 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." (1 Cor. 13:4–7, NIV)
 
In my book.... these are DEFINITELY words to live by!
 
Even country music artist, Alan Jackson, wrote about love, and also quoted verse 13:13 of 1 Corinthians, in his song ..."Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning"... which he wrote after 9/11. ---
 
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith hope and love are some good things he gave us
And the greatest is love

Click HERE if you would like to see the video of Alan singing this song. ~ It's beautiful!

I have also always loved HEARTS. They make me smile inside, just like the word LOVE does!

Just the other day, I was at the post office getting some stamps. I noticed the poster on the wall displaying the latest LOVE stamp. I have always had a "thing" for stamps and the LOVE stamp has always been my favorite! This is the one that I saw posted on the wall ---

 

This is the LOVE stamp that I first fell in love with. It's from 1984.