Everyone’s celebrating love in February. People make extra effort to prove and show their love towards their partners and loved ones. People would say that love must be shown every day, not just on February 14. And it’s true. Love must be a decision you need to make to show to your partner, to the people around you that you love them every single day. But not all have the same idea of love or relationship and especially in celebrating love. Other people are bitter or if not, envious with the current relationship status of their friend or somebody else. maybe you think, so what’s the point in celebrating love if I don’t feel loved by my partner or have someone to love me because I’m still single? For me the point of celebrating love, especially in this season of love, is that one way or another you were able to love. And for me that is enough. You may not be able to receive the kind of love you hope for, but to love someone or yourself simply shows you are human and that you are capable to love. Love isn’t something you get, it is what you give.

In Filipino slang you would hear, “Walang forever” (forever doesn’t exist) or “Sana all” (wish it is for everyone), and my take on that is this, forever does exists it just may not be your time right now. And love is for everyone. Last weekend I happen to be a part of my best friend’s wedding, and now that we are talking about love, I can’t help but have this realization that when love is true, there is indeed forever. Love isn’t exclusive for people who are in a relationship. And sometimes, not all people who are in a relationship actually love each other. But to witness the kind of love my best friend and her (now) husband share for each other what I realize is that it takes both of their wholeness, contentment, and happiness to fully commit and trust their lives to each other. Relationships are one thing, and so is love. The #selflove is not something you just post on how you take care of yourself, or the things you do for you to feel love for yourself, but how you see yourself and your worth with or without somebody else saying or showing it to you. There is beauty both in being in a relationship and being single. There is no competition in both statuses. And the beauty of being in a relationship is having someone to love other than yourself. Well, to a point that sometimes you become selfless and someone to love you selflessly.

I’ve seen my best friend completely living her life to the fullest, in honoring God and being excellent in her studies. And her husband, who is my friend too, hone himself to become the man he is now. They invested on working on themselves until they were ready to allow the lives of another to be a part of theirs. What amazes me is this, they both aren’t perfect (we all are), but to see how God moved in both of their lives and work through in their relationship I can say, God indeed knows what’s best for them. God only knows what is best for you and me. You may be in a season filled with love and joy with your partner, and that is a blessing. I am in a season of singlehood and I’m enjoying it, how God is training me to be a woman rightfully for my soon-to-be partner in life. And even if you are in a season where you feel you didn’t receive the love you deserve, maybe this is God’s way for you to learn and lean on Him. God orchestrated every detail of the lives of both of my friends that even lead them to be married to each other. He both lead them to be in love with Him first, and filled them with His love and Spirit. They both obeyed where God is leading them in their own seasons, until God allowed and lead them to be together. And this is why I believe that, you cannot give what you don’t have. They cannot love each other if it not have been for the Author and Giver of love. We cannot give love if we didn’t experience true love. And true love is only found in Christ, who loved us first and unconditionally. I wouldn’t know what love is and be contented if it wasn’t for Christ who loved me first. And that is why I call it the miracle in love.

I hope today you feel loved by reading this.

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