A wonderful song that speaks to the heart of our identity and God’s love for us all.
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“Someone needs You” – Kelechi Okeahialam (featured contributor)
Loneliness, sometimes can not be explained… it is a state of feeling totally alone and often ‘un-needed’ in this fast paced world of ours. It shows up after a bridal or baby shower, a romantic wedding, when you drive home after a marvelous lunch with your best girls; when the silence of your home hits you at the door, night after night.
When you cling unconsciously to that dying moments of a wonderful movie, or when you look longingly at a couple in love. You tell yourself you’re alright, you’re doing good; and sure you are.
You are grateful to God for His many blessings and the love of family and friends…but then sometimes… you feel this gnawing emptiness… this longing to belong to someone, to be claimed by the one who loves you truly?
If you are a lady in waiting and the wait has become a solid structure that seems to have no intention of fading into oblivion… this is for you.
Somewhere out there… someone is longing to be everything to you… I pray for you today my lady in waiting, that he will reveal himself to you according to the timing of God. You are precious, you are beautiful, you are beloved… Never, ever forget that. – Kelechi Okeahialam
Sister girl, you are Everything To Somebody
Right now at this very minute
Someone is very proud of you
Someone is thinking of you
Someone cares about you
Someone misses you
Someone wants to talk to you
Someone wants to be your friend
Someone hopes you aren’t in trouble
Someone wants to give you all the support you need.
Someone wants to hold your hand
Someone hopes everything turns out all right
Someone wants you to be happy
Someone wants to get very close to you
Someone wants you to spend all your life celebrating your successes
Someone wants to give you a gift
Someone think you ARE a gift
Someone hopes you are not too cold, or too hot
Someone wants to hug you
Someone loves you
Someone wants to lavish you with everything you’ll ever want in life
Someone admires your strength
Someone is thinking of you and smiling
Someone wants to be your shoulder to cry on
Someone wants you to go out and have a lot of fun
Someone thinks the world of you
Someone wants to protect you
Someone would do anything for you
Someone wants you to be forgiven
Someone is grateful for your forgiveness
Someone wants you to go out and have a lot of fun
Someone thinks the world of you
Someone wants to protect you
Someone would do anything for you
Someone wants you to be forgiven
Someone is grateful for your forgiveness
Someone wants to laugh with you at all times
Someone remembers you and wishes you were there
Someone is praising God for you
Someone needs to know that your love is unconditional
Somebody values your advice
Someone wants to tell you how much he cares
Someone wants to stay up watching old movies with you
Someone wants to share his dreams with you
Someone wants to hold you in his arms
Someone wants YOU to hold him in your arms
Someone treasures your spirit
Someone wishes he could STOP time because of you
Someone praises God for your friendship and love
Someone wants you to put a little trust in him
Someone wishes that things didn’t have to change
Someone loves you for who you are
Someone loves the way you make him feel
Someone wants to be with you
Someone is hoping he can grow old with you
Someone hears a song that reminds him of you
Someone wants you to know he’s are there for you
Someone is glad that you’re his friend
Someone wants to be your friend
Someone stayed up all night thinking about you
Someone is alive because of you
Someone is remorseful after losing your Friendship
Someone is wishing that you would notice him
Someone wants to get to know you better
Someone believes that you are his soul mate
Someone wants to be near you
Someone misses your guidance and advice
Someone values your guidance and advice
Someone has faith in you
Someone trusts you
Someone needs your support
Someone needs you to have faith in him
Someone needs you to let him be your friend and more. – Anon
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Toby Mac & LeCrae – Forgiveness
This goes deep…y’all
We all make mistake…
Stepping across the line…
…Forgiveness!!!
Listen to this song…
I am Not, Who I was…
I am a changed man…I am changed…
Mandisa ft. TobyMac – Good Morning
Flowers
This is a wonderful story, author unknown but acknowledged.
We had our first argument last night, and he said a lot of cruel things That really hurt me. I know he is sorry and didn’t mean the things he said, Because he sent me flowers today. I got flowers today. It wasn’t our Anniversary or any other special day.
Last night he threw me into a wall and started to choke me. It seemed like A nightmare, I couldn’t believe it was real. I woke up this morning sore and Bruised all over. I know he must be sorry cause he sent me flowers today. I got flowers today, and it wasn’t mother’s day or any other special day.
Last night, he beat me up again, it was much worse than all the other Times. If I leave him, what will I do? How will I take care of my kids? What About money? I’m afraid of him and scared to leave. But I know he must be sorry Because he sent me flowers today… I got flowers today. Today was a very special day. It was the day of my Funeral.
Last night, he finally killed me. He beat me to death. If only I Had gathered enough courage to leave him, I would not have gotten flowers Today……..
Please share with your friends. It will open the eyes of men (brothers) who are abusing their wives and it will grant courage the ladies (sisters) who are experiencing abuse so that they may speak up and reach out for help and stop being delusional.
#Abuse is not normal.
Don’t forget- Relationships Do Matter.
pFlo
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A Real Man ?
A real man gives up one night stands for a woman he can’t stand one night without.
– Anon
Quote: Your Past
“Your past is not your past if it is affecting your present.” – Anon
5 Secrets to a Happy Marriage By Sarah B. Weir, Yahoo! blogger (Shine)
In 25 years of studying marriage, Dr. Terri Orbuch, research professor at the University of Michigan and author of the new book “Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship,” has found that some of the best relationship advice comes from people who are actually divorced.
WATCH: Is this the Most Epic Marriage Proposal?
In 1986, Orbuch embarked on a long-term study, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which followed the relationships of 373 newlyweds. By 2012, 46% had divorced, about the same as the national average. In interviews with Orbuch, people who had divorced or ended a serious relationship over and over again brought up the same five issues that they would improve if they had the chance to do it all again.
Read the rest of the story here: 5 Secrets to a Happy Marriage.
Love finds a way – A Desperate Army Wife Started A Movement…
Independence Day is almost here and this story caught my attention.
Love Matters.
Relationships Do Matter.
Make a difference today!
When Rob Wise left the Marine Corps to join the Army a decade ago he may have looked forward to a better life, starting a family and receiving support from the people he worked for. The Marines have been known to be less than accepting of new wives and fledgling families. I’ve met more than one soldier who left the Corps for the Army after hearing that if the Marines had wanted him to have a wife, it’d have issued him one. After all, the hard charging, oft-deployed life of a junior Marine can take its toll on girlfriends, wives, and troops alike. That’s worth mentioning because Andy-Lee Fry at The Leaf Chronicle in Clarksville, Tn., where Wise and his wife Ashley are stationed, tells a story all too common in the military—and Ashley’s dedicated response.
Following Rob’s second Iraq combat tour he started having flashbacks. Vivid moments of surprising intensity that mentally flung him back to battle when hearing a loud noise, or catching a sudden movement from the corner of his eye. Ashley told Fry the situation demanded professional attention when Rob took all the weapons he had in their home, some booze, went to a local hotel and after she called him, told her, “Life’s just really hard, I might do something stupid.”
She called the Army’s Family Advocacy program, an organization that supports families in crisis. After the counselor put her hand on Ashley’s arm, told her she was in a safe place and to trust her, Ashley opened up. “I hadn’t slept in over 24 hours,” she told me on the phone. “It’s the only reason she got me.” What she meant was that as soon as she outlined the difficulties she and Rob had been going through, the session stopped, the advocacy worker got up and Rob was promptly picked up by the Military Police.
Read the rest of the story here: http://www.businessinsider.com/battling-bare-ashley-wise-facebook-group-ft-campbell-2012-6#ixzz1z1Q2lfbt
Marriage = Hard Work; So Roll Up Your Sleeves.
It has been an interesting week and just before the weekend kicks off I wanted to stir the pot. For many who so desperately long for marriage, let me break the news to you as gently as possible.
Marriage requires a lot of hard work. It’s indeed a ‘what you put into it, is what you get proposition’. Don’t panic! I didn’t say Marriage is impossible, I simply said it demands your commitment and that’s hard work. By hard work, I am simply stating the obvious and preparing you for what lies ahead. Hard work doesn’t eliminate the fun, passion, excitement and fulfilment but it means ‘children’ should be barred from engaging in it until they are matured enough to appreciate and enjoy working hard for marriage will not work for the immature, lazy, selfish and self absorbed.
Manual:
If you’ve ever bought a piece of furniture that requires assembly especially those in multiple boxes then you can probably relate. Within those boxes (holding your beautiful pieces of furniture) are instruction booklets. Here’s the obvious, your beautiful furniture is dependent on your adherence, strict adherence to the series of instructions (including recommended tools, sequence etc).
If you trivialize the assembly process, you create a ‘monster’.
If you second-guess the instructions, you waste time.
If you outsource the instructions, you display your lack of knowledge.
Actually, your absolute adherence doesn’t make you dumb, it confirms your wisdom. It saves you time, it makes you happy and fulfilled. I can see you smiling already.
So why don’t we apply the same approach to these ‘marriage’ instructions?
Roll up your sleeves.
Make some room.
Place a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door.
Now read below.
Here are the four ‘Must Dos’ for Every Husband. (Single Men, take note and confirm if you are ready)
Using the perfect allegory from Eph 5:25-28 (MSG)
Husbands, go all out in your LOVE for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—
- A love marked by GIVING not GETTING.
- A love that makes the bride WHOLE (proud, bold, confident and assured).
- Your WORDS must EVOKE her beauty consistently.
- Everything you do and say is designed to bring the BEST out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness,
That is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.
Wives surprisingly, here is the one ‘Must do’. (Single Ladies, read below to confirm if you are ready)
Wives, understand and support your husbands in ways that show your support for Christ. The husband provides leadership to his wife the way Christ does to his church, not by domineering but by cherishing. So just as the church submits to Christ as he exercises such leadership, wives should likewise SUBMIT to their husbands (not to another man, only your husband please).
Let’s agree to disagree, but these are non-negotiable.
Now are you ready for hard work, oops marriage?
pFlo
#1 Love Quote
James Baldwin, posit that “Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” Love then is powerful, deeper than feelings and a mystery; a divine mystery. To buttress my point, here are some of Love’s attributes:
- Love never gives up.
- Love cares more for others than for self.
- Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
- Love doesn’t strut,
- Doesn’t have a swelled head,
- Doesn’t force itself on others,
- Isn’t always “me first,”
- Doesn’t fly off the handle,
- Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
- Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
- Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
- Puts up with anything,
- Trusts God always,
- Always looks for the best,
- Never looks back,
- But keeps going to the end.
Love is centered around the premise of an ultimate sacrifice, an act so succinctly captured by Amy Carmichael; “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”
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So drum roll please, here is my #1 love quote: “For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE His Only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 NKJV
True love is about the ultimate sacrifice, the act of giving the best. An example clearly modeled by God for humanity. This example works for me…how about you ? Well, enjoy your day and do make love a lifetime commitment and not just a day’s event.
pF*
“Ring It” Workshop – Don’t Miss It! Sign Up Now
For LADIES only…you’ve asked for it and here you go. A personalized workshop for ladies titled ‘Ring It’ Workshop starts next week, right after Valentines‘ Day. If you’ve already registered, confirmation emails have been sent and if you haven’t received yours, please email relationshipmatters.
Last Call:
A few slots are available, get yours now before it’s full. This will transform your life. Divine wisdom will differentiate you this year and lead to a different YOU!
You’ve got to do something you’ve never done to experience something you’ve never had. Stop playing & guessing ladies, it’s time!
Register here: http://eepurl.com/ipP2g
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#4
It’s Friday, Thank God!
Count down fever ? Not Here!!!
By the way, do let me know what you think about my top 10 love quotes.
Freely share yours and who knows maybe it will make my list in 2013.
Without much ado, here is #4: “Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up,
until the time is ripe—and you’re ready.” SOS 3:5b MSG
Read the summary below to understand the context and appreciate the agony, passion, sacrifice, demand, feelings and intensity of a wife in love…
“Restless in bed and sleepless through the night, I longed for my lover.
I wanted him desperately. His absence was painful.
So I got up, went out and roved the city, hunting through streets and down alleys. I wanted my lover in the worst way!
I looked high and low, and didn’t find him. And then the night watchmen found me as they patrolled the darkened city. “Have you seen my dear lost love?” I asked. No sooner had I left them than I found him, found my dear lost love.
I threw my arms around him and held him tight, wouldn’t let him go until I had him home again, safe at home beside the fire. Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem, by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer: Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up, until the time is ripe—and you’re ready.”
Interesting right ? I guess so.
pF*
Please don’t SETTLE (A response)
Hello All,
Someone posted this blog ( “If you call it ‘settling’, then yes, I have settled“) in the Relationship Matters Group Page (Click Here) and asked for comments, well it grew into (well read below) and please feel free to share your thoughts.
pF*
#5
The second half on the journey of favorite top 10 love quotes has begun.
- To love is to see the invisible.
- To love is to capture the supernatural.
- To love is to venture into the realm of possibilities.
Here is #5:
“Whoso loves believes the impossible.” -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Indeed, love makes all impossibilities, possible.
Believe that!
pF*
#6
It’s getting serious now, folks. SIX days left… and panic is sprinkled into the love that is in the air. Even some ladies are getting anxious…clam down, people. Calm down! Is it even remotely possible that Valentine’s day could be overrated ? Join the conversation on “RelationshipMatters”.
Here is #6 of my favorite love quotes; a quote that forces the conversation and demands that we consider and make an informed decision focused on longevity (as in ‘forever’ – marriage).
So here we go…
Love… What is love? Love is to love someone for who they are, who they were, and who they will be. -Chris Moore (A satirist)
Agree ?
Love your day!
pF*
#8
Love is in the air, each one of us has a unique responsibility to guard and protect love so that it doesn’t wane. Here is the next quote on my list of favorite love quotes. Remember a love dose a day, keeps fear, hate, sorrow away. Feel free to share yours too by the way. #love rules.
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish it’s source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.” – Anais Nin
