One
of the most popular expressions ever landed on social media is the banat line “walang forever” which for me consists of a fact and a bit of
exaggeration. The term goes with the other banat
or hugot lines alike and let me
guess, such terms would be even more popular this Valentines’ Day or Single Appreciation Day as the singles
would call it and for some, it would be Bitters’
Day.
Not that it’s kind of a big deal or not, but just to inspire teens who are bitter today, I would like to reiterate the fact that there’s more to life than having a date on Valentines’ Day.
I find it funny when teens would complain about being single and not having someone to celebrate hearts’ day with. Why? Because what’s so wrong about being single? Does that make someone become uglier or pathetic? Well, that’s a big NO. Being single means you are patient enough to wait for that right one God has saved you for. So, congratulate yourself if you’re still single. You are currently in the preparation of meeting your knight in shining armor. I have nothing against those who are in a relationship because I love people who are in love. Such teens just happen to meet somebody this early who’d love them the way they wanted to and that is one of the sweetest thing one could ever think of.
We all want beautiful love stories and most often we would dream for that one perfect guy to complete us but the thing is we often look and dream for the perfect guy while we’re not making ourselves worthy of that perfection. Now that’s the problem, we’re being too expectant but we often forget that we should also prepare ourselves for those expectations. Remember, a relationship is a give-and-take kind of partnership or else it won’t work. Not that I’m a love genius or something but that’s one thing I know about relationships.
As a teen girl who loves books, normally, I would try to say that I am in a relationship with fictional characters like Augustus Waters or Adam of If I Stay or Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher or Peter Kavinsky or Alex Stewart or Tobias/Four or Percy Jackson and many more lovable literary creatures. But the real thing is that’s a temporary thing and we don’t want that because we wanted to have our own forever even if in reality there’s no such thing as forever in the human context. Only lifetime. But I consider myself too blessed to have found my forever in the man who’d saved me thousands of years ago. What I can consider a perfect relationship is the one that I have with Jesus right now and that’s what makes me feel so alive and in love every single day of my life.
So don’t worry if you don’t have a date today (but I guess you should at least go out with your family or friends if you really want to celebrate Valentines’ day). Do not expect to find forever in human relationships because you’ll never have it. Find Jesus and find your forever in Him. And while you’re in love with Jesus at the moment, enjoy being single and focus at preparing yourself for someone special He has saved you for and when the right time comes your Valentines’ would be as perfect as anybody’s Valentines’!
HAPPY
HEARTS’ DAY, folks!
