It's Valentine's Day today. As I sit on my couch, I have started thinking of the meaning of today. As a single person, last week I thought today was just going to be a reminder of how "lonely" I am. In actuality, it was the complete opposite.
This week has been really hard for my apartment. We lost two precious family members. Both losses were tragic and close to home. We are all trying to be there for one another and for one another's families. Through this, I've noticed how many people I take for granted everyday. My family that I push aside because I'm a college kid and I'm too "busy" talk. My friends that I walk passed everyday and say nothing because I have to get to class.
I've started seeing what true love is. True love isn't flowers or chocolate. It isn't lengthly Facebook posts about how blessed you are to have a certain human being. Those are all aspects of love, but true love is tough. It's dragging yourself through the mud for someone. It's persistence. It's bleeding for someone else. It's saying I love you because it's genuine, not because you have to.
The reason love is the greatest is because it's the most noticeable. True, genuine love has to be noticed. It grabs attention. Love latches on and doesn't let go. Love draws people in. That's why I think love is portrayed as the color red. Red is fierce and bright and....noticeable. Think of when a girl wears red or wears red lipstick (aka me. I always wear red lipstick.). It's so noticeable! It's the first thing peoples' eyes are drawn to when they look at her because red is so vibrant. Red gets so much attention, but it's not like the person wearing it says, "hey! Look at all of this red." Red naturally gets attention. It's kind of like when you notice a person's love isn't genuine. You aren't drawn to them. You try to stay away from them, but you're drawn to people who genuinely show love.
Though this week has been so tough for me and close friends, it has taught me to be more grateful. I'm so thankful for my family. My parents are so important to me. I'm so glad that they love me the way that they do. My sister is my absolute best friend and I don't know what I would do without her. I love my apartment mates, Whitney, Tess, and Hannah. Their friendships mean the world to me. I'm so glad the Lord has blessed me with them. I love my best friend, Mahima. I never knew working in the Conn Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays would bring me one of the most incredible people I have ever met.
I really don't know how to end this post. I don't know whether to command you to be the color red or just tell you how grateful that I am that you are apart of my life. Either way, I hope you know how much you are truly loved and cherished because the Lord loves you and His love for you is red.
