I love...

One of my favorite adoptive, missions-minded, blogging mama's wrote a post about one of her favorite authors and books. Wynne Elder of Gloriously Ruined wrote about a phrase that Shauna Niequist wrote in her book Bread and Wine. I myself have not read it... yet. But Wynne's post about it really made me stop, think and long to write a similar post. So here it is....

Shauna Niequist wrote,

"One of the ways we grow up is by declaring what we love." 

Wynne wrote out her beautiful love-list and then challenged her readers to declare what we love. And that challenge is what made me sit and think about what it is I love. What is it that my heart is drawn to? What is it that defines how and who I love? How and where do others see that I love? What do others see that I love? What is it that I give my heart to?

I love traveling overseas. 

I love learning about new cultures and new languages. 

I love spending time with and loving on little children. 

I love music and singing while I do laundry or clean my house (that is when my husband isn't around of course). 

I love learning, reading and writing. 

I (am learning to) love cooking and sharing a meal with others. 

I love encouraging people. 

I love missionaries. 

I love Ecuador. 

I love orphans. 

I love justice. 

I love purpose. 

I love words. 

I love smiles, kisses and giggles from my babies at work. 

I love pictures, letters, gifts and prayers. 

I love being a wife, a daughter, a granddaughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend. 

I love doing ministry with my husband. 

I love being apart of the Church. 

I love the Man that God sent to save me... Jesus - my Lord, my Savior, my Creator, my Redeemer, my Master.

I want to be a person who is known for how she loves. I want to be a person that others can watch and know what and who it is I love. What and who it is that has my heart. I want to declare every day with my words and actions what I love. What about you? What is it you love? Go ahead. Think about it. And then declare it.