Here we are in the month of February already. The time of year we typically think of love and romance.

This year I would like to suggest something that may be a little different for you.  I suggest that you express love to yourself filling your own love tank regardless of who may or may not be around to do that for you.

Valentine’s Day is about love.  Women of Wonder, let’s step it up a notch or two by falling in love with who we are, embracing, and celebrating the wondrously unique creations that we are … so THEN we can give love to others from our overflow!

I introduce to you  … “Love Notes With a Twist”.

Everyday write a love note or a love quote to YOU! Yes YOU!  Write about all the things you would love your secret admirer or lover to say to you.  Write about all your great qualities, all the things that you appreciate about you. Write about all the things you wish others would say to you and appreciate about you.  This is the time to celebrate YOU!

Each love note is going to go into a special love container.  It can be a secret treasure box, a decorated jar, a beautiful vase, etc. You will have a month’s worth of special notes to yourself that you will use throughout the rest of the year when you need a lift or some encouragement.

So what’s the twist?

“Love Notes With A Twist” is a gift from YOU and for YOU that will keep giving all year long!  And, of course, you can continue to add to the love container throughout the year as you think of things to celebrate about yourself.

Don’t wait until you find the perfect container.  Just start now and put them in any jar or mug for now until you land on that special love container.  That is my plan.

Whatever you decide on, take a picture of your finished “Love Note With A Twist” container and send it in to me and at the end of the month I will feature a couple of them with the hopes of inspiring others to do “Love Notes With a Twist”.

Below are a couple of really cute love container ideas and where you can find directions on how to make or buy them.  You don’t have to get this elaborate, but for those of you who are creative I thought you might find these ideas fun.

There is a video on facebook that will show you how to recycle any kind of  jar.  Click here => Love Jar Facebook Page

Love Letters Mailbox from I Love Nap Time

Love Jars from One Lucky Day

DIY Custom Valentines Day Sweet Love Notes Jar

Are you in?  Let me know in the comment section below if you are going to do  “Love Notes With A Twist” with me so that we can be an encourage to one another!

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You have more value than you can imagine!

We live in a world where we are bombarded with negative messages.  Consciously or unconsciously these negative messages absorb into our consciousness and begin to toy with our self-images and can lead us down a path of feeling unvalued.

Add to that the pains and hurts we experience within our relationships, which by the way, begin the very moment we enter this world. Whether you come from a solid family with minor dysfunction or an unhealthy family where dysfunction reigns, pains and hurts cannot be avoided because we are all human … we live in a fallen world.

And, as I am sure you are well aware, our friendships can add insult to injury.  It is no wonder so many live their lives with low self-esteem, anxiety, and even depression.

Is that it? Do we just go with the flow and allow all this negativity to invade our personal environments causing us to believe we have no value?

The answer is a big NO!

You have more value than you can imagine! It’s time to ditch the lies and embrace the truth about you.

Think of someone you highly respect, someone you hold in a very high esteem.  What do you think and how does it make you feel when this person notices you and calls you by name?  It’s a sweet sound, isn’t it?

More than that, how does it make you feel when this person remembers your name?  Makes you feel good, doesn’t it?  A kind of “Wow! He remembers me”.  Makes you feel important and, yes, even valued.

“But now, God’s Message, the God who made you in the first place, Jacob, the One who got you started, Israel: ‘Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you.  I’ve called your name.  You’re mine.’” Isaiah 43:1 The Message

Do you realize the King of kings, our heavenly Father, calls out our names?  As a child of God, He says that we are His!

What a beautiful thing.  Take the above scripture verse and put your own name in it like:

“But now, God’s Message, the God who made you in the first place, Shileen, the One who got you started, Shileen: ‘Don’t be afraid, I’ve redeemed you.  I’ve called your name.  You’re mine.’” Isaiah 43:1 The Message

I love that!  The Creator of the universe knows my name, calls it out and tells me that I am his.  It fills my heart with love and joy and peace.

It’s time we stop believing all the lies that we have taken in over the years.  Refuse them.  When you catch yourself going there, just say, “NO!  That is no longer true of me!” and recite Isaiah 43:1. Then allow His love, joy, and peace to fill your soul.

Believe me! You have much more value than you can imagine!

It truly is amazing that Somebody of such high esteem … who is pure high esteem loves and values you and I so much.  It is His love that carries us through the rough points in our life. And it is in and through His love that we find our true value in this life.

God bless you as you journey to discover your truest value.