Pretty Pretty Please

I've been lacking inspiration and I apologize for not blogging in a while.  This past weekend was amazing for me except for a minor yucky moment of being broken up with.  Seriously everything is ok and I am ok and this weekend really was awesome :).  It was just completely out of the blue however, he is entitled to his opinions.  Anyways they say time heals the heart.

This whole breakup though has inspired me. Weird right? I chatted to a wonderful friend I have for a majority of the day today and him and I were sharing heartache and how people tend to make promises they won't keep or say things they don't mean.  It reminded me of  a verse I remember being pounded into my head back during my Lutheran school girl days:

"All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."

Matthew 5:37

This verse becomes even more amazing when you expand it and look at the context:

"Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill to the Lord the vows you have made.’ But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.  All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one"

Matthew 5: 33-37

People, don't make promises.  Don't flatter someone when it's not from the heart.  Don't attempt to plan a future when you don't have your whole heart in it.  And please please please don't tell a girl you can see yourself marrying her ever unless you are proposing.

Today is short and sweet and I'm just laying my heart out there.

lots of love from Ariel