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Wow. I was challenged and convicted as I read this blog this morning. I wanted to reboot it, but I couldn’t find that options; so, I’ve cut and pasted the URL for your reading:
https://gleaningthescriptures.wordpress.com/2016/12/26/love-hate/
This blogger shares how he has found that true love causes a person to sacrifice time, energy and personal comforts, and it will always spur you to action. It leads me to these questions, “How often do we truly sacrifice our time, our energy, maybe our food, our lifestyles of comfort, etc., for Christ?” and “What are my actions portraying to this world about my love for Him?”
Can you ask yourself that question today? If you find that the answer is a little on the ‘skimpy side,’ and you still believe that you love Jesus, and don’t just need him, maybe you need to reevaluate somethings… I know I do.
I want to love Him, and I want to show Him that I truly love Him, but I truly need Him as well. I need Him with every breath that I breathe. I don’t think I can ever love Him enough, nor show Him enough love, but I believe, just as a child can show a parent their childlike love, I can try my best to show my Heavenly Father that I love Him more and more each day. ❤
Would you like to join me?
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Reblogging this today in lieu of his birthday week. I so love this little man who is that little anymore! ❤️
This week, we celebrate my sweet baby boy turning 10! It is so hard to believe. It feels as if it was just yesterday when he was a baby.
He is my sensitive, caring, very observant child. He loves to play, and he loves to cuddle. He is tenderhearted; yet, fierce in competition and intense in convictions. He has a love for life and adventure like his Daddy, and he has a calm, quiet nature like his Momma. He smiles easily and loves to just be at home.
He is eager to please and sensitive to others’ feelings. He has a strong but compassionate nature, and he has a love for God that has only come from Him above. At night, I will often find him, in his bed, having fallen asleep reading The Word. He’s always been very intrigued by what the Bivle has to say, and I simply…
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Don’t discount the bad times with just being bad times. Let Him teach you something, even through the storms of life…
Do you ever think about how many times God blesses us in a day??
Sometimes, it’s just as simple as receiving a sweet phone call or a little card in the mail.
Sometimes, it’s as precious as getting an extra hug from my teenage son before bedtime.
Other times, it’s getting through the yellow light when I’m running late and really should have slowed down a little more.
Other times, I realize I may have been running late; yet, there was also a wreck that might just have avoided.
Maybe it’s the “surprise” answer to a very long ago prayer.
Yet, what about those times we hold out for that answered prayer that, much later, we realize wasn’t answered for very good reasons?
What about those aches and pains which teach us to rely on Him a little more?
What about those heartwrenching seasons that help us to understand another’s…
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Thinking of so many who live their lives desperately searching and never realizing the answer is just a prayer away. He is just waiting for you to call on Him…
The day is dawning; your heart is breaking; the sun bursts through the clouds.
He is speaking your name; yet, you refuse to hear.
You begin your day with cute little answers, a quoted little word.
You try to pretend you are drawing near.
The morning is moving; your heart is aching; the children are skipping to school.
He is calling out to you; yet, you refuse to care.
You continue your way, filling every moment with worry and regret.
You try to pretend all this you can bear.
The sun is setting; your heart is longing; the families are gathering around.
He is shouting across the chasm; yet, you refuse to yield.
You allow the cares of life to consume you, supplying your fleshly desires.
You try to pretend all your dreams are fulfilled.
The night is falling; your heart is bleeding; the stars are shining through.
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I wasn’t able to comment on this blog, but the content is so good, I couldn’t help but reshare it. I hope it ministers to you.
Have you ever hit a low point? A point where you felt like God had abandoned you? Maybe you felt like you were praying to no one. Maybe you even doubted God’s very existence.
I have.
Those moments are so hard, especially when you’re so used to having total trust in Him.
I cannot tell you how many times I have flat-out asked God if He cared about me, or if He was even real.I’ve asked Him to prove it to me. Then I feel guilty. Guilty for asking Him to prove something to me, like He has something to even prove.
So the very fact that you don’t trust Him enough makes the low moments you’re already going through even tougher.
I’ve been trying very hard to make more time for Him. I feel like we sometimes forget that God isn’t our servant. He does not exist to…
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We had to bury a precious elder in our church today, and it made me think of this. I hope it blesses you…
Death engulfs me in its grasp
Darkness is surrounding me
I hear wailing and mourning
But the faces I cannot see.
You weep for me to return
But do you know where I am going?
I am to travel the streets of gold
I am to see His Heavenly Throne
I am sorry for your loss and sorrow
You will miss me while I am gone
But you don’t have to be without hope
You don’t have to be lost and undone
You can join me here when life is through
You can walk in this Paradise Land
You can have eternal life and happiness
If you will just ask Jesus to take your hand
Penned – MG – 2/27/01
Had a conversation with someone today about this very thing. It is so heartbreaking to know someone is going down the wrong path, and they refuse to turn around. They refuse to listen and get help out of their detriment…Be bold enough to speak truth into their lives. Care more for their soul than their approval of you.
You’ve got so much to live for; you’ve got so many days.
You’ve got so far to go; so, why toss them all away?
You think there is no harm; you think there is no mess.
You think there is no pain; so, why is there this death?
You didn’t see it coming; you didn’t see it go.
You didn’t see it hit; so, why are you so low?
You’re falling into the trap; you’re falling into my arms.
You’re falling into the hole; so, why not stay from this harm?
You’ve come to me in love; you’ve come to me in shame.
You’ve come to me in anger; so, why do they still blame?
You have to make a choice; you have to make the decision.
You have to make a change; so, why are you resisting?
You can’t wait forever; you need to get it straight.
You’ve got…
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Shared this yesterday as a Happy Valentine’s note to God… Hope you enjoy…
Oh, Lord, how do I love thee?
Let me count not the ways
I speak of You in public grace
Yet, ignore You in the secret place
I praise You when it’s convenient
But neglect You when it’s intimate
I look to You when I remember and when I’m in need
However, forget You when my schedule is in the lead
Oh, Father, please forgive me from this wretched sin
Cleanse my heart and mind from within
Let me not be a person of works alone
And have not a single seed yet to be sown
Change me from this life of chaos and pride
Transform my soul to one in which You may abide
I give You my life, my heart and my breath
I surrender my dreams, my future, my death
Oh, my King, how do I love thee?
I pray You can count the ways
I…
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In light of Valentine’s Day coming up Sunday, I couldn’t help but reshare a note I wrote last year concerning this day of love…I hope you have a love-filled weekend, wherever and with whomever you find yourself to be. ❤️
As I sat in a memorial today to celebrate the homecoming of a life well lived, I thought about love, life, faith and death. I thought about the wife of the deceased who had been married for 53 years. I thought of the precious lady who sat beside me who, just a few short months ago, had said goodbye to her husband after so many years of loving each other. I thought of the young man I would see just a few minutes later, who just lost his wife to an organ transplant failure. Surrounded by so much grief, I wondered how it could possibly be Valentine’s Day today.
So many getting ready for their ‘hot dates’ tonight. Others bragging about all the candy, cards and roses they had received. My husband and myself exchanging our love just a few hours before, yet, waiting to truly celebrate until tomorrow because…
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