Showing posts with label Valentines Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentines Day. Show all posts
If San Francisco houses were Valentine's Day...*smiles*
I snapped this picture several years ago in San Francisco and just smiled again at the colors. It popped up in my memories and I had to share it here again today! Happy Valentine's Day y'all... I hope that your day is filled with special moments, surprises, and lots of love.
If you love the warmer weather and love white sandy beaches, then a trip to the Caribbean is a perfect romantic trip for you to take. The beautiful part is that there are literally all different options on how you could plan this trip.
If you love cruising like I do, then a cruise could be a wonderful option for you. A cruise to the Caribbean or Bahamas gives you a wonderful option to do even a quick weekend trip if you are short on time. I have simply been amazed at the three different times (once on Disney and twice on Royal Caribbean) I have done a quick weekend cruise on how relaxed and refreshed I feel returning home.
{two} A Trip to Italy
I love traveling in Europe and was in Italy years ago and have always dreamed of going back, especially to parts of Italy that I didn't get to see. One of those places is Venice (as seen above) but there are so many other parts of Europe that I want to see that it is fun to dream about all different trips you could take! I have a list a mile long and can't wait to explore it with my person!
Will y'all laugh if I say that I pretty much fell in love with Hawaii when I was little when I saw the Brady Bunch visit there? But seriously a trip to Hawaii always sounds lovely and romantic. With several islands to choose from with different opportunities on each, you will always have lots of options.
If you know me at all you know that I dream about seeing the Northern Lights! Both times that I have been in Alaska I have been to early in the season to see the Northern Lights and still dream of seeing them! I came across the Kakslauttanen Resort (as seen in the picture above) on Pinterest a while ago and immediately fell in love. Seriously, how amazing does this look??
{five} A Trip to Lake Louise, Canada
The minute that I saw pictures of Lake Louise on Pinterest, I fell in love with the beauty which is gorgeous in the winter, but also breathtakingly gorgeous other times of the year.
What about you? What are romantic trips that you would recommend taking? Any trips that you are planning? I would love to hear because at the end of the day, I believe that the most romantic part of any trip is who you are with. I hope that today you are surrounded by lots of love and joy sweet friends as you travel this beautiful journey of life. Happy Valentine's Day again friends!
**please note that with the exception of the first two pictures of this post photos in this post do not belong to me or Caravan Sonnet- they were found on the internet with no source cited**
If San Francisco houses were Valentine's Day...*smiles*
I snapped this picture when I was in San Francisco on Tuesday after an appointment and just smiled at the colors. Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers for this week- I am excited to share more soon about how everything went! I arrived back home last night!
Happy Valentine's Day y'all... I hope that your day is filled with special moments, surprises, and lots of love.
Happy Day Before Valentine's Day friends! I hope you have a wonderful day!
With Valentine's Day quickly approaching next Thursday, this sweet Junk Journal would make a lovely gift that would be a lifetime keepsake.
This one just makes me smile... I love Peter Pan and when I heard this song I thought it would be a fun twist on the classic Peter Pan songs! I hope this video brings a smile to your face this chilly Wednesday morning! *smiles*
You can find the video HERE (or watch right below) and the new channel by clicking HERE! Thanks for checking it out, liking it, commenting, and following along y'all! *smiles*
Happy Wednesday friends! I hope you have a wonderful day!
Happy Saturday friends! Today I am so excited to share with y'all a new item that is now available in the shop! This adorable Peter Pan & Wendy Vintage Junk Journal is now available for purchase! (You can find it HERE!)
Y'all know how much I love creating different and unique journals and altered books. These beautiful and unique journals are the perfect way to grab onto ordinary moments or days and remember special times in life.
This beautiful Peter Pan & Wendy Vintage Junk Journal is a Valentines Day lovers dream. With approximately 150 pages/tags of quality and beautiful scrapbook paper, adorable vintage and modern embellishments and ephemera, inspirational quotes, and pretty surprises, this Peter Pan & Wendy Vintage Junk Journal will create a treasured keepsake for a lifetime and can be used in special moments throughout the year.
I fell in love with the vibrant colors of this classic book that has delighted girls and dreamers for generations, along with the paper. Using this Peter Pan & Wendy Vintage Junk Journal you can easily add in pictures and quick notes so that you can remember the special days forever.
I was showing this Peter Pan & Wendy Vintage Junk Journal to a friend and she said it would be the perfect Galentine's Day present and I loved that idea! What a fun idea to record those special moments in this Peter Pan & Wendy Vintage Junk Journal!
If you are interested in looking at other altered books, journals, and junk journals that are available in the shop you can find them HERE. Stay tuned as a video of this junk journal will soon be on my new youtube channel! Or find one of me talking about the junk journal on the shops instagram page by clicking HERE!
Happy Saturday friends! I hope that you have a wonderful day with friends and family!!
There are lots of Valentines' Day items that are perfect for yourself and your decor or for giving as a small gift to a loved one this season.
If you haven't already entered my 4-year Blogiversary Giveaway make sure you do so today! Included in the prize is a $10 Giftcard to my Etsy Shop! You can enter HERE and also check out THIS Instagram post for more entries!
Happy Saturday friends! I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!
-Isaiah 62:12-
One of the most difficult times in the single journey can be during Valentine's, especially the week and day of. On this day of “love” with all of the
red, all of the balloons, all of the heart candy, all of the flowers, and all
of the expressions of romantic love, it can be easy as a single gal to sometimes just want to curl up in bed and
pull a quilt over my head until Valentine's Day has passed.
Valentine's Day as a single lady can feel like a day where singleness is written with a capitol “S” on my forehead and everyone knows that I am “alone”. I struggle and yet, feel challenged to pray as I know the truth that I can act out on my feelings towards this day and live in "loneliness" or I can embrace the truth of God's word, knowing that I am "sought after" and loved.
I am loved by the Lord.
Scripture says that I am loved beyond measure, that I am loved more dearly than I could ever imagine. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) I am not loved for a short time but forever by the Lord. I love how Jeremiah 31:3 states: “I have loved you with an everlasting love…".
Our time and circumstances here on earth are temporary, but the Lord's love lasts forever. We may not feel special on Valentine's Day, but we are to the Lord. “I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you.” (Haggai 2:23)
One of my most favorite verses as a single gal is from Isaiah 62:12: “You will be called Sought After.” Don't we all want to be 'sought after'?!?! I know that I do!!
Valentine's Day as a single lady can feel like a day where singleness is written with a capitol “S” on my forehead and everyone knows that I am “alone”. I struggle and yet, feel challenged to pray as I know the truth that I can act out on my feelings towards this day and live in "loneliness" or I can embrace the truth of God's word, knowing that I am "sought after" and loved.
I am loved by the Lord.
Scripture says that I am loved beyond measure, that I am loved more dearly than I could ever imagine. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) I am not loved for a short time but forever by the Lord. I love how Jeremiah 31:3 states: “I have loved you with an everlasting love…".
Our time and circumstances here on earth are temporary, but the Lord's love lasts forever. We may not feel special on Valentine's Day, but we are to the Lord. “I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you.” (Haggai 2:23)
One of my most favorite verses as a single gal is from Isaiah 62:12: “You will be called Sought After.” Don't we all want to be 'sought after'?!?! I know that I do!!
As we wait in this single season let us trust that the Lord has a beautiful story, and that we are preciously sought after. Even this Valentine's Day where we are single the Lord is crafting a beautiful and miraculous story for our romantic lives. On this Valentine's Day, rest in this precious truth that you are loved, forever, immensely, passionately, and most of all that you are sought after.
As I have mentioned before I had the privilege of teaching a senior girls Bible class for a couple of years at the Christian school where I worked. During the week of Valentine's Day I always would spend a couple of days on a subject close to my heart. While some subjects were "easier" to teach for me (choosing a college, finances, etc.) one theme cut right to the core of something that is a constant surrendering point to our Lord: relationships.
I spend countless hours praying for my future husband, but last year I felt that I was reminding myself of some of the same points that I was sharing with the girls. The pain of singleness can test the faith of the 18 year old and a 32 year old alike. I want and desire to find someone who loves God more than then they love me. That= THAT is a man that I can joyfully submit to. I want and desire to never settle for less than God's best for me! Trusting that HE knows better than I do- I can confidently wait with expectation that my Heavenly Father, the one who loves me more than life, has the best for me. With this hope I can confidently wait. Wait until God's time. NOT my own. I want and desire to know how to guard my heart but yet lovingly embrace those that God has put in my path to love. I want to guard my heart in a way that only the one that the Lord has for me will know the intimate treasures of my heart, but not guard it in a way that keeps me locked up. I desire to wait... to remain pure... to keep the promises that I made to God and myself when I was 14 years old because obedience does bring blessing.
Obedience does bring blessing.
As 18 years have come and gone since I made those promises to God and myself, I choose to continue to trust Him for His best. I choose to continue to pray daily for my future husband. I choose to continue to fast for him once a week. I choose to continue to write him love letters every week with prayers for him and thoughts for the future. And as I joyfully live each day, I choose to remain confidently hopeful that the Lord's blessings are right around the corner. I choose to trust in the one who loves me more than life.
Through laughter, straight talk, and beautiful words that came from God alone that week of ministry was one of the sweetest ministry weeks of my entire career. The Lord opened up conversations and thought provoking times of prayer and reflection that was obviously ALL about HIM. Nothing I could have done could have arranged for such a week. The Lord truly blessed and answered prayers beyond my imagination and my faith was once again encouraged in the trust of what the Lord has in store, as I trust in Him.
Encouraging someone to remain pure and wait for God's best at 18 years old is as complicated as telling someone at 32, or any age the same thing. The waiting gets harder the older you are. The temptation to settle gets greater. The temptation to manipulate and orchestrate gets worse.
Encouraging someone to remain pure and wait for God's best at 18 years old is as complicated as telling someone at 32, or any age the same thing. The waiting gets harder the older you are. The temptation to settle gets greater. The temptation to manipulate and orchestrate gets worse.
And I run back to the Lord. I ask the Lord, no I beg of the Lord to bring my husband to me.
I have learned that waiting is the hardest anguish. Waiting is the difficult anguish of my deepest longing and desire (to be a wife and mom) being unfulfilled and the knowing of the bewilderment of unanswered prayer. In their book, "Captivating", John and Staci Eldredge have a beautiful quote regarding the subject of waiting:
"Living in true beauty can require much waiting,much time,much tenacity of spirit. We must CONSTANTLY direct our gazes toward the face of God,even in the presence of longing and sorrow. It is in the waiting that our hearts are enlarged. The waiting does not diminish us....God does not always rescue us out of a painful season. He is after something so much more than our happiness. Much more substantive than our health. He is restoring us and growing us in an eternal weight of glory."
In the unanswered prayer days I have also learned that God is in each day. God is truly in the waiting (Psalm 62:5). As I surrender my hopes and dreams the Lord grants me the strength and courage to face another day joyfully as I wait. And in that strength and courage it doesn't matter what day or week it is.
Even Valentine's Day and Week is a small reminder that the Lord is in the CONFIDENT hopeful waiting. He knows the desires of my heart and He PROMISES to answer. That is enough for today. I trust that the Lord is still in control and is going to provide beyond my wildest dreams and imaginations. (Romans 15:13) I know and am confident that I will confidently rejoice with scripture that states;
“I asked the Lord to give me this boy and He has granted my request!”
- I Samuel 1:27-
(This post brings a smile to my little heart. It was written in 2013 back when this blog first began and when I was first exploring the topic of Singleness. In the six years since then the Lord has guided and blessed and I remain confidently hopeful in the Lord's plan and goodness. I have written on the topic of singleness numerous times and you can find the list on all topics discussed on the blog related to singleness HERE! May you be blessed in your own journey as we confidently and hopefully wait on the Lord.)
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