|To love at all is to be vulnerable|

Has your heart ever been broken by a relationship? You give your heart, soul and mind to someone, you love and become vulnerable. Whether it's a friend, lover, or family, the only way for the two of you to live and grow is to keep honest communication in love. It's inevitable in our broken world that there will be ebbs and flows between two people. It is so important to realize we were made for relationships, they are all that exist. Our Father God is unwaveringly holding us by grace, providing us with our true happiness so we can go forth and sustain friendships through out our lives. Relationships are investments. Never take them for granted, call without waiting to be called first, always pursue, care for their heart. When you're blessed with a beautiful relationship, offer your heart, make them feel they way you would want to feel. If you want these pure, loving, rewarding relationships, pray for them. After all, God is all about them, he wants us to be blessed, be vulnerable in love. 
Insight from "Captivating" by John & Stasi Eldredge

"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable."
— C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves)

|Leave the light on|

If you haven't figured it out yet, relationships are what make life worth while. Whether it's between a brother and sister, a wife and husband, two girlfriends, it's a complicated yet beautiful thing. I want to spill what's on my mind about friendship. I just can't seem to comprehend how two people can share so many opinions, aspirations, fears, and dreams together and one day loose it all. It's funny how it can go from  acquaintances to best friends who share heart to hearts and good times while loosing track of time. Then the day comes when the friendship is buried under the weight of misunderstanding and all is lost. You think moving on will be simple but what you're leaving behind makes it difficult. Instead of laughing at your tears, now you're looking back at your laughter and crying. It really sucks how a heart has to be broken so many times before the years can make it wise. In life, I hate to say it, but I'm realizing we're all going to loose friends. Even though they may be lost, hope is not. It's important to keep them in your heart, and when the time is right, you can pick up the friendship right where you left off. Even the lost find their way home when you leave the light on... x