hey everyone! welcome back to the blog :)) today i have some really deep & personal things i want to touch on.
some topics for today
feeling like your love is too much
not getting that love back
feeling empty
heaviness of burdens on your heart
sometimes do you feel like you give and give and don’t get a whole lot back? or do you feel like you’re high maintenance? i hope this post can bring come comfort & encouragement for you. 🤎
obviously there’s a lot i could go into to if this is something on your heart too, let me know & i would love to do a part two :)
so this week i read a book & it was so beautiful… it’s called flowerheart by catherine bakewell. basically, clara has magic and her magic is way too big and powerful and uncontrollable & she feels like such a failure & too much. it’s heavy. eventually she learns how to love and accept her emotions, & fuel them into her magic. she learns how her magic isn’t bad but it’s beautiful like her heart is. every time she has big emotions she grows flowers everywhere & idk how to describe it but the whole thing felt like me & how my big heart feels like too much but the more i love & accept it & feel it, the more i can heal & bless others & grow beautiful things 🥹
this got me thinking about writing a post about this :) i have a few thoughts for you: some random ones, some scripture that is super comforting, & some encouragement from one of my friends.
{ my random thoughts }
the right people make you feel SO happy about how much you are. they value that about you & you don’t feel like too much around them. God will send you people like this. pray for them. with gratitude for the people you already have & for who you’re needing now. trust Him. He will send you your angels in the most perfect timing 🤎
some people aren’t ready for you. maybe later they will be mature enough to realize how amazing you are. be honest about how people make you feel, how mature they are, and what you really want in friends. then be that friend to others.
using prayer as a tool for strength. God has more love than you can ever imagine. His love is infinite. if you need love for yourself or others, go to Him in prayer. ask Him to show you His love for you :)
seeing people deeply & loving others strongly is a spiritual gift. the end.
{ finding comfort & guidance in His word }
Jesus is deeper & feels deeper than we could ever be.
isaiah 53:3-5
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. but He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.
sister codd talked about this verse at fsy & it really made a mark on my heart. this is who Christ is. sit in that. let that comfort you. he is the Master Empath. He understands all.
d&c 122:8
the Son of Man hath descended below [all things]. art thou greater than He?
Jesus can give us peace & energy to help us keep giving love when we feel empty.
john 14:27
peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Jesus can help us carry our burdens & the burdens we help others carry.
matthew 11:28-30
come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Jesus will take care of you.
first kings 19:4-8
but he himself [elijah] went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. and he asked that he might die, saying, “it is enough; now, o Lord, take away my life, for i am no better than my fathers.” and he lay down and slept under a broom tree. and behold, an angel touched him and said to him, “arise and eat.” and he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. and he ate and drank and lay down again. and the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, “arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you.” and he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to horeb, the mount of God.
{ encouragement from my friend }
you're someone that God knows He can give so much of His love to because He knows you'll spread it to the right people
people that are in need of it
or feel like they don't deserve it
you are angel God is sending people
she is, i wish you could have met her
she had a gift
she was just radiating love
it was so beautiful
that's how you are kate
thank you for acting on the promptings you receive
your love is always worth giving
and then i get a text. from a girl that has always seen something in me even when i haven't. that has always had the confidence to text me whenever she feels like she should. that little "love you" made me cry harder but not because of what i was feeling before. i felt safe. seen. even though i may not feel very close to God right now i know He's still there. and at this moment, He just sent you to check up on me.
this isn't the first time i've seen it i see it often with you
the way you talk
interact
and just purely love everyone around you
because you truly have Gods love in you
you are receiving all the love you’ve been praying for
{ the end }
i hope that touched you. this is such a special topic to me & very close to my heart. it’s something we don’t really talk about & something more of us go through than we think. i hope you take those words personally & know that your love is always worth giving. Christ can give you the comfort & love you need. praying for you all. together we are moving mountains & blessing hearts every day. you are beautiful & doing way more than you could ever imagine to bless others.
thanks for reading! :) please comment if you would like a part two & if this style of post is something you appreciate! & like always, please send to any friends or family who might be in need of some encouragement. you never know how much someone is struggling.
love you all. see you next week!
xo, kate 🤎
ps... if you want more abt loving people, listen to this podcast episode where i talked with my grandma :) it's SO good!
pss i love love love comments!! they make me so happy! leave your name please so i know who you are :) thanks all <33
This is so comforting!! Love it & you Kate