Oh what’s that, you said? You don’t have anything to do on Monday night and you live in the Orange County area? Well I have a place for you to be!
Monday night at The Crossing in Costa Mesa I’ve been invited to lead an intimate group of women into a discussion about love, life, and romance from a divine perspective. Nothing super fancy, just a stripped down place for us to connect, worship God, and talk about love from a real and efficacious way.
If you’re free, come on down! We’d love to have you 🙂
Help a sister out. What does romance look like to you? How do you define love? I’m doing some Research&Development. 😉
Wish it was closer to SD! (And tell them to spell your last name right!)
I think that romance looks and changes with the seasons of life. Before kids romance had no time limit, it was a evening out talking dreams, ministry and being spontaneous.
Today in the middle of kids, ministry a master program, romance is the end of the night when we crawl in bed, laugh and enjoy the moments together. It is a date night that ends at target because we need milk and diapers.
I’d imagine that when the kids are grown and out of the house the way romance looks will change again.
Without getting churchy, love is the happy moment your heart feels when you see the smile of your husband after a loooong day of crazy kids. The moment in the morning when you wake up to the smiles of two little boys standing at your bed waiting for their oatmeal.
Love is the moment you start to feel alone and the presence of God reminds that your not. Because God is love, and love is all we need!
For me love is practical and not complicated, its about surrendering my heart to Jesus allowing me to love the way He does!
L- is for the way you look at me…..
O…..
Just kidding….
I think LOVE is a decision to put sombody else before you. Just as the Bible shows…a decision to give all, suffer all and do all for another person. Just like Jesus did for us.
Oh Bianca – how I wish I could get on a plane and be there!! I would love to talk about love and listen about love with all of you. Maybe someone will take notes?! 🙂
Awesome!! Really going to try to make it.
Romance looks pretty simple to me.
A listening ear.
When all we need is to be heart and held. Thats it
A walk around your neighborhood, holding hands
Talking about your day, your thoughts, etc
A deep unexpected passionate kiss.
Totally needed after a long day at home with the kids or at work
A drive alone, together.
(although with gas prices so high, I’d go back to the walk 😉
A bible study together.
Theres nothing more sexier or romantic to me, when my husband is sharing Gods word and challenging me to step out in faith for His glory.
Sweet reminders of appreciation and love for one another.
On the fridge, in his lunch bag
I like to put notes in his lunch bag right inbetween the fruit so when he goes to lunch, both his tummy and heart are content.
I also send him mid day texts … to say Hello and that I’m praying for his day at work. Other times, I’ll send a picture text and shoot it to him with a “Can’t wait to see you later babe” 🙂
There are so many wonderful, sweet and inexpensive ways to keep romance alive in our marriages.
P.S. When its affordable, I love appreciated some Godiva chocolates and or some beautiful colorful tulips! Oh and this year, I’m praying for a get away, just the two of us.
Liz ♥
Love isn’t alway romantic or fun… Kind of like our walk with Christ it has to hope All things,bare all things believe all things, love at all times even when we are standing in the fire of a trial, our walk as Christan women is that way ,we have trials in love that only Jesus can help us bear these hard times, we as women must look to God to show us how to love in the hard times,hope in the hard times,god will give us the tools to beleive in the hard. Being a women we have to have strangth to endure and that can only come from God, the devil loves to destroy marriage so we must be prepard as women,as singles to not only experiance love in all its beauty but if we are going to be honist we will have a lot of trials ahead of us in marriage… We need the love of Jesus more then anything before we can truly love another person and even ourselves the road is not easy and only through him can we… have faith,hope and above all love for anyone!!
Romance is when he says he loves you with his words and shows you he loves you with his heart.
Romance is a lot like the main characters’ love stories in the following movies: Leap Year, Last Holiday, Just Wright, My Best Friend’s wedding and my all time favorite, the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride!
What better way to define romance than a mix of real life love stories and movie magic? 😉
Hi Bianca! I am so excited! I actually heard you speak at my church Calvary Chapel East Anaheim, for the Authentic Beauty Conference, and I just thought you were precious! I love your blogs, your videos, and most importantly, your heart to serve Christ! I can’t wait to hear you speak again Monday night! 🙂
After 50+ years of marriage, my dad would leave my mom a love note – doodle hearts & flowers on a paper towel almost every morning her last few years. “How cute” I’d think as I’d clean up the table. It wasn’t until after she went HOME that I discovered my mom would save them. I found paper towels with precious expressions of my dad’s love neatly stacked in a kitchen cupboard. 55 years maried – 65 years sweethearts – True Love!
love is wanting the best for the other person. it was wanting to bring out the good things in the other one. it is accepting everything about the other one, the sides you like and the ones you don’t. love is when all you can do is weep with someone over their pain and hurt because you suffer with them. it is sincerely rejoicing with him/her at their joy and success.
romance are the little things that show you how much your loved cares about you. it can be really simple, like a note saying “i love you”. it can be something that takes a bit a bigger effort, like going out of your way to get a muffin for him/her you know he/she loves.