2.17.11

And then of course, Valentine’s Day came and went.
And then of course, I had no Valentine date.
And then of course, it is a given – by choice.

The reminder of a Barry Manilow song plays on.
“No jolts, no surprises
No crisis arises my life goes along as it should…”

And then of course, I am not ready to take the chance again.
Or be taken in by the viciousness of the cycle that fills you up only for a only while and then leaves you deflated and empty when it’s done with you.

Like the cycle of Barbra Streisand’s songs.
Love Comes from the Most Unexpected Places
The Way He Makes Me Feel
If I Loved You
Lost Inside of You
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
Left in the Dark
We’re Not Making Love Anymore
Some Good Things Never Last
Coming In and Out of Your Life
Someone That I Used to Love
Heart Don’t Change My Mind
My Heart Belongs to Me
One More Time Around
I Finally Found Someone
Evergreen…

Ha-ha-ha!!!

REFLECTIONS
Deuteronomy 4-6

Come to think of it, was there no one from among the many nations that the Lord ordered put down who was righteous as to call on Him? Or even acknowledged his presence at all?

Deuteronomy 4:7
What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

The only distance between God and us is a prayer.

Deuteronomy 4:15-18
You saw no form of any kind the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below.

Another verse on anti-idolatry.

Deuteronomy 4:29
If…you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Another verse of assurance.

Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!

How the Lord yearns that we yield!

Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

The oneness of God.
The need to be one with God.