All you need is love???

Autumn is probably my favourite season, but also the time of year when I most struggle with singleness. I absolutely love the colourful crunchy leaves and long for the day when I can go walking hand in hand with the love of my life. It was when I was walking back from town the other day when I noticed the first signs of autumn, the first of the rich coloured leaves were falling from the trees and conkers lay on the ground. I immediately wanted to put my wellies on and in search of somewhere to walk through the leaves. But I also began thinking who could I take with me, it didn’t seem like the sort of thin I could do on my own yet it also seemed like a strange thing to ask someone else, and at the same time it didn’t seem like much fun on my own. My love of crunchy leaves clearly isn’t shared by the majority never mind being understood by them. Anyway, it was then that on my ipod I heard the words ‘Jesus you are all I need’. As I scuffed my feet through the leaves on the floor I began thinking about the words. I realised that the famous Beatles song ‘all you need is love’ is actually a load of rubbish! Love from another human is NOT all you need and life isn’t about finding the perfect man. Jesus is all I need and in this season of singleness I’m going to enjoy having this time just me and him. He will provide all I truly need and it will come to me in his perfect timing rather than when I think I want something. Jesus’ love for us is so much more than we can get from a boyfriend/girlfriend, after all, God is love and so the best love comes from him.
I’m now looking forward to more leaves falling as the season progresses so I can go on my walk, just me, my ipod, my notepad and my bible!

The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail (Isaiah 58v11)