Well hey there. Camille, here. So my mother had this crazy dream about me starting this blog and helping readers through life and truly felt that I should give it a shot. So I'm like, "Well it can't hurt, right?"
So here we are. Unless no one is reading this. In that case, here I am. Oh well.
Today's kind of a lonely day, anyway. Oh sweet Valentines Day! How you shower the world with love! Nothing gives me that warm and fuzzy feeling quite like watching people write love letters with their checkbooks. Now, many of you may believe that I'm just a lonely, old, cynical woman who's never been kissed and hates Valentines day because of it... okay, you got 3 outta 4. (I'm not really that old, although sometimes it sure feels like it.) I just wish people could appreciate and show love towards those who mean the most to them everyday, not just on February 14th. And you know its true. People put alot more thought in today than than they put into last Thursday. Unless last Thursday was your birthday or something, in which case I wish you a Belated Birthday.
I will say something positive about Valentines Day this year, though. It fell on a Sunday. To some of you, it may seem just like any other day, but to me it makes the holiday seem so much more meaningful. Why? Simple: God is Love. He is the very embodiment of humanity's greatest emotion. What better day to celebrate His great love? That's why I've chosen All I Need by Bethany Dillon for this blogs title. Its days like these, when I'm feeling terribly lonely watching others receive gifts and spend time with that special someone while I'm left very much alone and bereft, that I grasp the true meaning of this song. He is all I need. There's no small print that reads: this song only applies to those who have everything in their life put together and have found the one person in the whole world who wants to share it with them.
Yeahhh if that entire statement were true, this song wouldn't apply to anyone. (Sorry if you read that statement and thought, "Hey that's me!" 'cause its not 'cause you're not perfect. I say this sincerely, and for your own good.) It can hold meaning for the father struggling to find a job, any job, even one he hates, just so he can keep his family warm and safe. For the mother who does everything in her power to make sure her children know what it means to be a family. For the 17-year-old girl who goes to bed at night thinking, Why? Why is this happening to me? How could You let this come to be? I thought You loved me.
Yeah that last one was me. I'm not ashamed to say so. I'm also not ashamed to say that these doubts run regularly through my mind. Only one thing can possibly get me out of bed each morning. And that's the Truth.
You are all I need when I'm surrounded,
You are all I need when I'm by myself,
You fill me when I'm empty,
There is nothing else,
YOU'RE ALL I NEED.
Happy Valentines Day, guys. Hope this gave you a bit of Hope. Lord knows we all could use some. catch ya next week.
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