beloved, you are loved.

the LOVE i crave the most in the deepest places of my soul will never be found in a person.

i've been thinking about this alot lately. 

i love my friends. 

i pour my love out on them. 

through service, affection, words, time. 

but at times i feel like the things i give to my friends, 

are what i want in return... what i crave for myself without realizing it.

i want people to love me. to take care of me. to speak life into me. 

and i know there are friends who do these very things.. 

but i just haven't been feeling quenched in my own soul. 

i haven't been getting the love and affection from others that i need... 

[then revelation hit me].

and i realized, brittney, you're missing the Bigger Picture.  

perhaps this is the way it is supposed to be...
afterall, are we not supposed to love our neighbors, our friends, the people around us...

as we love ourselves.
the way we so desperately want to be loved...

it's a circle.
don't you see?

we love others.
as we want to be so loved.
but we can only be truly loved.
by the One who first loved us.

an ongoing, never-ending circle of desire and fulfillment. 


He loves us.
and we love each other out of that love.

so love as he loved you. 
and find the love and satisfaction in Him your soul so desperately craves.