So you're single on V-day... consider this: Part 1

Valentines Day: 

For a couple, it is a great time to snuggle up on the couch, light some candles and enjoy your favorite movie together. Or maybe you've decided to go to your favorite fancy restaurant down town. Or perhaps you're the adventurous type and refuse to be tied down by the Valentine's Day box. But whatever it is you're doing, I'd be willing to bet that flowers and chocolate are involved somehow. 

For a single person, ugghhh. How much do we dread this blasted day? Why is it that all of our couple friends have to flaunt their coupleness in our face? All their chocolate and roses and kisses and lovey-dovey hand-holding PDA... It's enough to drive a person insane! 

It seems to me that what is supposedly one of the happiest times of the year for people who are madly in love with their significant other, is often times the most heart wrenching season for those who would count themselves accursed by the plague of singleness.

It's this observation that would bring me out of what has seemed like blogging retirement. 

I've never really understood the anti-Valentine's day sentiment that's held by a lot single people. "Well Jeff, apparently, you just don't understand what it's like to be single on Valentine's Day." Oh, I'd beg to differ. 

I've been single almost all of my life. In fact, when it comes to Valentine's Day, 23 of my 24 have been spent as a single guy.  So I can empathize with all of those out there who feel like the whole world is crashing in on them b/c they're single. I just don't get why some people get so worked up about being single. 

God has put inside of us all a desire to be with someone. If you're feeling that pull, and find yourself longing to be held in the arms of the one who fills in the gaps of your heart, you are perfectly ok. Take a listen to this song. It may help. Please understand that singleness is not a plague or a sickness. In fact, most of the time, it can easily be viewed as a gift.

If you're not single, do all of us single folks a favor. Love the person you're with, with all of the passion and creativity that you can muster. Consider that you have what so many people long for, and make the most of it. Love that person with Christ's love. Any other love will be lacking and incomplete. 

Stayed tune for my blog tomorrow. I'll tell you about two particular Valentine's Days that went horribly wrong. 

-Jeff