Month: April 2016

Crazy Love

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Love. Love can make you do some crazy things. There are many kinds of love, but there is a kind of love greater than all others; a love that transcends all space and time. It can only be found in the love of One. This love changes our perspective on the world and on ourselves. It changes us from the inside out. This love is overwhelming and fills us with peace at the same time. This love never fails. This is the love of God – a Heavenly Father who created you with the most tender of hands; a Spirit that is ever-present with you in all circumstances; a Savior who loved you so much that He stood in your place before God, experiencing a punishment beyond comprehension, and died for you so that you would live with Him in heaven forever.

Did you hear that? He died for you – and yet He still lives. He died for you today, yesterday and every day. He was punished once for the sins you and I commit day after day. Each nail, each lash, each beating, He took for you and for me because He could not bear to live without us; He could not bear to lose you – He could not bear to lose any of His beloved. He had the power to stop all the suffering, all the pain and yet He chose not to because, to Him, EVEN IF YOU WERE THE ONLY PERSON who ever lived who ever did anything wrong, you are worth it. YOU were, ARE and always will be WORTH DYING FOR. You are precious. YOU ARE LOVED. There is no other love like that in all the universe, and that love is all yours. Run to that love. Run to the God who loves you so completely, truly, unconditionally that your heart and your life will be forever changed, day after day, now and forevermore.

“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” ~Romans 5:8

“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” ~John 15:13

Bless and be blessed friends…

Rejoice In What Is To Come

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I awoke today to the song of one bird singing to the sun not yet seen over the horizon. This little one chirped and sang as if the light of the day was already upon her with joy uncontainable. Pretty soon, you could hear another feathered friend join in the melody… and then another… and another. As the grey skies grew brighter and the sun’s rays reached out over the sleeping world, a full choir of songbirds sang from the depths of their hearts; my windows opened to the symphony of God’s morning arrangement. What a beautiful way to greet the day.

I think we have all had times when we’ve been a part of that rejoicing choir – when the sun is shining brightly and joy is uncontainable. Those moments are precious memories we treasure for a lifetime. I’ve had many of those times. Yet, I desire to be like that first little bird. She awoke to a dark world with grey skies, and yet, her little heart rejoiced in what was to come. She wasn’t discouraged by the darkness around her, nor was she dismayed by the clouds above. She simply knew that no matter what she awoke to, the sun would rise again. What a beautiful way to live – focused solely on the Son and His light with a beautiful song of hope that fills my heart. That is my desire, and my prayer is that your hearts would also be renewed with that trust and hope that is only found in our wonderful Creator and beautiful Savior.

“God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.” ~Psalm 46:5

Bless and be blessed friends…

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