& Life Makes Love Look Hard

            I wouldn't necessarily put Taylor Swift on my list of favorite artists, but I must admit that I do genuinely like all of her radio singles. They're usually pretty catchy and easy to sing along to, which is a must for me ;) Below are some lyrics from her song titled "Ours":

"You never know what people have up their sleeves
Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me
Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles
But I don't care 'cause right now you're mine


And you'll say
Don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours"

            What struck me from these lyrics are the lines in italics. It's easy to sing these words and not really pay attention to the meaning behind them, but think about it. How often do we ladies allow our significant other's past girlfriends and love interests to shatter our confidence and make us doubt what we've got. It's so easy to let a picture or a nickname or our imagination get deep in our heads and make us wonder "why me?". We allow these things to make themselves at home first in our thoughts and then in our hearts, only to find that it ruins self-esteem and relationships.

            Taylor Swift got it right when she sang "But I don't care cause right now you're mine". Girls, who you're with right now may or may not be the man you end up marrying, and you may one day become someone else's lip-glossed ghost, but for whatever reason, you are the person he wants to love and be with at this time in his life. If he truly loves you and treats you right, let his past go! You are his--not those other girls. Don't forget that everyone has a past, and that baggage comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes; It's inevitable, and remember that you've got some of you're own.

So, don't you worry your pretty little mind, because your identity resides in Christ!