Find that one who will be there when tough times come.
Find that one who will show up in the rain and ride the tide.
Find that one who will remain when everyone else walks out.
Find her or him, and don’t stop till you do.
Don’t settle for second best.
Don’t settle for leftovers.
Seek till you find and don’t rest till you do.
It’s worth it.
I promise.
Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
John 15:13
A grieving heart can be suffocating, almost to the point of death.
But if the heart fails to grieve, it’s like the winter storm that brought in the ice and hail.
The ice forms the piercing icicles, and the hail forms the impaling snowballs.
A grieving heart can walk through the snow, feeling the cold, bracing for the darkness of the forest.
But if the heart fails to grieve, it’s as if the soul is plunged into the abyss among the trees.
The mist rises, the shadows deepens, and the trail is never to be found again.
A grieving heart can be broken, wandering, and flailing to find it’s way.
But if the heart fails to grieve, all the wolves in hiding come out to feast.
All the demons once held at bay come forward to claim their spoils.
Lay down your shield. Lay aside your dagger.
Let the River run through your heart as the tears flow freely.
The pain may be earth shaking, but yet to feel no pain, is to sever the only hope that remains.
Blessed are those who mourn,
Matthew 5:4
For they shall be comforted.
My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26
Your gaze is hard to follow.
Your glare burns me from within.
Your intensity builds the fire into an inferno.
I cannot escape or refuse. I cannot run away or hide.
I shift in the uncomfortable silence,
Hoping you’ll say something to ease the pain.
You look me eye to eye, I glance away, not knowing what to say.
You begin to speak, and I cringe, terrified you’ll find me lacking and left wanting.
And suddenly, I hear Your voice gently call my name.
All fear is forgotten.
All doubt is erased.
As I lean into Your grace.
And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:40
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
1 John 3:1-3
Saying goodbye is never easy.
It doesn’t matter if it’s to a human or to a pet.
Honestly, some would disagree, but I’d have to say the goodbyes to our pets aren’t half as difficult as saying goodbye to our closest family members.
But truly, I do understand if you’d like to argue that point because they are like family, too.
Yet, I’m not prepared today to argue.
I’m not ready today to put up a fight, even in jest.
My heart is broken as I say goodbye.
Our little friend was a good and gentle creature.
He was the most docile cat I’d ever met in my life.
And our son had practically taught him to be a dog. (Lol)
Every time you’d come home, he’d be there to greet you, and as soon as you stepped on the walkway, he’d plop over to get a belly rub.
He was quite the character, meowing in protest if you left him out too long or maybe didn’t get him in before the rain.
He was like an old man on cold, misty days, not wanting to get up and go beyond his warm bed.
He was like a small child, ready to come to you, yet skittish if your boots were too loud or had rustling papers in hand when you reached to pet him.
I felt almost silly crying over a cat this morning, but goodbyes are never easy, no matter who you are.
And I do believe his brother will miss him, too…
To everything there is a season, time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die…
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
This world is full of chaos, confusion, lies, deceit, destruction and devastation.
The list really could go on beyond this written page.
The people we encounter are both full of all of these experiences within their mind.
And the list for these could fill a book.
Everyone you meet, greet, and get to know has the opportunity to woo you or wound you.
Everyone you encounter has the potential to dump all they’ve received onto you, or they may ask to help carry your load.
There are no guarantees, no promises, no contractural agreements to make it as you wish.
And you’re not responsible for them.
You can’t control them.
You can’t dictate, command or place your expectations and know without a shadow of a doubt they will comply.
But you can control you.
You can be responsible for your reaction, your words, your attitudes and your interactions.
Respond with truth in love.
Respond with live in grace.
And respond with grace in hope for a better tomorrow.
And if you just can’t, check your heart.
The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9
Men are men.
And women are women.
They’re different and never will be the same.
It’s better to learn to live with the other.
Or just shoot ‘em.
Yeah. Just shoot ‘em with that Nerf gun.
That’ll be fun.
Now, RUN!!
Happy Weekend! Hope you’re laughing and enjoying it!
He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
Proverbs 18:22
And obtains favor from the Lord.
When you’re lonely and feel no one cares, where does your heart go?
When you’re afraid and search every corner for harm, where does your heart hide?
When you’re broken and believe not one could mend a shattered piece, where does your heart reach?
Run to the Only One who can love unconditionally.
Hide in the Shadow of the One who can defend.
Take comfort in the Only One who can heal a ravaged soul.
He is looking, and He sees the child He created.
He is lingering, and He adores you.
He is waiting, and He loves you.
One touch, one word, one moment in His presence…
Your heart will never be the same.
He heals the brokenhearted
Psalm 147:3
And binds up their wounds.
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold
Psalm 84:10-11
From those who walk uprightly.
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalm 18:2-6
How does the heart reach when it only wants to recede?
How does the hand soothe when it only wants to clinch?
How does the soul breathe when it only wants to grieve?
The pain can sear the most vibrant minds.
The agony can halt the most passionate tongues.
The brokenness can sever the most intricate of dreams.
How does the path become cleared from the haze of confusion and chaos?
One step in front of the other.
Smiling when a frown would be more convenient.
Looking to the eyes when alluding would be more tolerable.
Gazing with love instead of hatred and realizing if you don’t, you’ll become the very things that have broken you.
And taking it to the feet of Jesus again and again, because without Him, none of this is even possible.
Then, get up anew each day and do it all over again.
So, go ahead.
Live life in your anger, bitterness and pain.
Or love like you’ve never been hurt.
Because His pain was so much greater, and He has still loved us.
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.
Luke 23:34
Are you one to reflect or to react?
Are you one to shout or to soothe?
Are you one to pause and breathe or to stomp and run?
In high profile training operations, the first rule of explosive response, or any violent attack on a unit, is to assess yourself before assessing others.
For, if you don’t take the time to evaluate your bullet entry and see your blood,
You cannot accurately see or help to heal the one beside you.
In this life, you will have trouble.
You will have pain, and you will have sudden impalements to the soul.
How you respond and retaliate will determine how many others you can help save and heal.
Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
1 Samuel 30:6
Being in the church culture these days, I hear much said about what a Christian should or shouldn’t say, how a Christian should or shouldn’t respond.
There’s always a new vantage point, a new opinion they needs to be heard, and typically, there will be two or three in oration at various times, even if these are in opposition to one another.
So, who is right and who is wrong?
Who are we to listen to?
Who are we to follow?
Well, for Jesus followers, the answer is abundantly clear, or at least, it would be argued that it “should be.”
Yet, even in the Church Body, there are varying opinions, beliefs and denominations that cause us all to land at various points of standards concerning any one given “biblical rule.”
So again, who is right and who is wrong?
Who are we to listen to?
Who are we to follow?
We definitely need to start in the Word of God. If you claim to be a Jesus follower, that truly should be your book of preference for daily living and lifestyle.
And then, we definitely should start with the life of Christ. If He’s your main guy, then mirroring His examples will definitely be helpful.
And finally, starting with the specific things God loves (there are seven actually listed in specificity), and maybe the greatest commandments of which Jesus Himself spoke might be great beginning.
By the time I do these three suggestions to their fullness, it’s usually bedtime, and I don’t have a lot more time to add more opinions or fingers to point toward all the things everyone might be getting wrong.
Maybe we should all take a step back and begin again.
Maybe we should all take a moment in front of the mirror and take a really long, hard look inside.
Maybe we should grab His love letter to us and begin reading for what it has for US and to convince US instead of all it doesn’t have for THEM and has to condemn THEM.
And maybe, just maybe, by the time we do these three things, we will have given enough time for Him to begin to change us from the inside out.
And then, maybe there will begin to be a whole lot less wrong AMONG US, and we can become a whole lot more effective FOR HIM…
But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lordyour God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 22:34-40
And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Matthew 7:3-5
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
Matthew 7:15-20
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