As I sat here thinking of something to write about, I pondered the very word "belief". I have tons of beliefs in a wide variety of different things. I believe that I will probably not get my homework in on time tomorrow. I believe that I will not get enough sleep tonight. I believe that a few of the most important friendships I've developed throughout my life so far will last me well into my retirement years. I believe that Christ loves me more than I will ever be able to comprehend.

After making a short list of some of the things I believe in, I decided that the last was, of course, the most important. But then I tried to think of why I believed that last statement and that took a little longer to come up with an answer for. Every time I thought of a new clue into some great insight, I came away feeling like I still hadn't come up with a good answer, until quite a bit later. I've realized that I'm one of those people that have to learn the hard way. I learn tough lessons through practical examples and God bringing things down to my level. I've seen God's love in my life through many people in my life and most recently in my relationship with my boyfriend Morgan.

I know what you're thinking. "Oh great, she's going to write a sappy note about a boy." Well… that's only partially true. J Though I've been surrounded by people (parents, relatives, friends, etc) who have loved me all my life, I've never really understood love until this very moment. Parents and siblings are stuck with you, but a spouse is someone who sees through your flaws and loves you and chooses to be with you despite them. Obviously, I'm not married, but I've gotten such a great glimpse of unconditional love already in my relationship with Morgan that I can't imagine how amazing marriage will actually be someday. And while I was thinking about this, I realized that there is a direct correlation to this in Scripture. Christ loves us like his bride. The same kind of unconditional love that we look for during this life is so easily found when turning to Christ. But why do we still continue to look elsewhere when the thing that we most want is so close? To quote the old Tootsie Roll commercial... the world may never know.