He remembers
God remembers us wherever we are. Our concerns are His concerns. Our pain is His pain. Commit your challenges and difficulties to Him. He is the all-seeing God who remembers us as a mother remembers her children, and He waits to meet our needs. — C. P. Hia
There is an Arm that never tires
When human strength gives way;
There is a Love that never fails
When earthly loves decay. —Wallace
“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes…and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”
rbc elaborates love
What Is Real Love?
Everyone is looking for love. But what is the love we all want and need? What does real love look like? How will we know when we’ve found it?
Some think of “being in love” as an unexplainable feeling that we “fall in and out of.” But the Bible, in its timeless wisdom, gives us a more meaningful and enduring approach.
today it reads,
During the marriage ceremonyof a British couple, the best man remained motionless. Even after vows were exchanged, he didn’t move.
The still figure was a racecar driver who was trying to be in two places at one time. Because of contractual commitments, Andy Priaulx, three-time world touring-car champion, had to break his promise to participate in his friend’s wedding. So he sent a life-size cardboard cutout of himself, as well as a prerecorded speech. The bride said she was moved by his effort to honor their marriage.
Priaulx’s gesture was certainly creative, and we shouldn’t second-guess his actions. But Jesus gave us another standard by which to gauge friendship.
Jesus asked His disciples to show their friendship to Him by loving one another as He had loved them. Then, He raised the bar. In anticipation of His death on the cross, He said, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13).
This depth of friendship isn’t merely about doing the right thing. It’s about sacrifice, and it springs out of a relationship with the One who truly did lay down His life for us.
Are we showing others that we have been loved by Jesus as He is loved by His Father? (v.9). — Mart De Haan
1 Corinthians 13 (New King James Version)
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
Love is more than a sentiment, it’s putting another’s needs ahead of your own.
it’s a self-explanatory post. Ask yourself. Answer yourself.
it says..
Thinking It Over
How do you respond when someone criticizes you?
Why is it so hard to respond with love and patience?
How does Matthew 5:43-48 apply to these situations?The worst criticism against you can bring out the best in you.
just in case, you are wondering what Matthew 5:43 – 48 is about..
43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’
44But I tell you: Love your enemies[b] and pray for those who persecute you,
45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
47And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
hmm
worth a thought..
I wonder what I did for God today;
How many times did I once pause and pray?
But I must find and serve Him in these ways,
For life is made of ordinary days. —Macbeth
oh no. why am i becoming so holy moley? ha ha ha.
NOOOO! it’s just another interesting poem i come across, and would like to share!
Never Too Old
The longer we live, the more that we know,
Old age is the time for wisdom to show;
Who knows how much good some word we might say
Could do for that one who’s wandered away?
sow the seed
Have you thought of where you’re going
When this earthly life is past?
Will the seed that you are sowing
Bring a harvest that will last? —Jacobson
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