"Ooh, this is what I'm going to have for breakfast, cold pizza"

My brother said this a few mornings ago. It reminded me of a girl who is very dear to my heart. How do you help those you love when they are tired of hearing your "Jesus Loves You" speeches? It's so hard when you know the answer to their life's unhappiness. I have been through some of the same struggles, no dad, giving your heart away, dealing with a step dad, being compared to siblings, you name it! You want someone to love you for your sometimes quirkiness, loveableness, your giving, someone who loves you with no make up, someone who continues to love and forgive through your failures, someone who just loves you for you. We all want to be accepted. We want to be fulfilled. We want to feel appreciated and cherished. We want to feel joy. And the only man who is going to fill our heart with these things and this confidence is our Savior, our Creator. But we have to stay close. We have to be in prayer, and listen for Him singing over us. We have to be in His word, and He will remind us of His love, promises, and the hope He brings. He wants to show us the joyful life we can lead through His Will. But we have to stay close. We have to be open, willing, hopeful, obedient, and ever trusting.

"She grew up without very much
She didn't know who her father was
She met a boy and her heart he stole
So she gave him all her body and her soul."