“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” — Mark 12:30 (NIV)
“We love because He first loved us.” — 1 John 4:19 (NIV)
❤️ Loving Others
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” — Mark 12:31 (NIV)
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” — John 15:12 (NIV)
“Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)
❤️ The Power of Love
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
“Let all that you do be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV)
❤️ God’s Love for Us
“But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8 (NIV)
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’” — Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)
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“Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross, we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.” -Tim Keller
The meaning of pain - the physical or mental suffering or discomfort caused by illness or injury:
The word pain appears to be in the Bible approximately 70 times.
I felt this word was such an odd word, and questioned why it came to me. I did not have any immediate pain to report, just the usual aches and pains that life can throw our way...
There are different types of pain.. bodily pain and spiritual pain some are felt lightly and yet some can be crippling. Some pain may even grieve the soul.
When I turned to the Bible for answers I found myself at the foot of the cross. It’s a moment in time that wounds my heart and haunts my soul. The excruciating pain and humiliation that our beloved Savior endured are mind-boggling. All because of love. It is beyond what we could even imagine. He must have felt abandoned, confused, and alone. His heart must have shattered in pain all because many could not find it within themselves to believe who He truly was... let alone to love Him as He loved us??? This moment in time is the biggest mistake man could have ever made. I fear this is still true today!!!! I fear that there is only a fragment of believers that love Him not for what He gave or can give but for who He truly is...
Can we ever soothe His pain? Can we ever repay Him for His sacrifice? Can we ever love Him in the way He loves us? I fear not! We can try, we can try each day by getting to know Him on that amazing and intimate level. And as we grow deeper in love with Him. We will begin the journey of better understanding His pain, His sacrifice, and the depth of His love...
He is our beloved... He is our precious gift from our Creator. He came with a mission. He came to teach us how to live and how to love. He will never abandon us. He will hold us and love us through any pain we must endure...
It’s Him, It has always been Him!
How does He love us so deeply? It is difficult for the human mind to understand!! But the heart and soul have no boundaries...
And He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4
“And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus and to experience the overflowing power of his resurrection working in me. I will be one with him in his sufferings and become like him in his death.”
He came as a witness to testify concerning that light so that through him all might believe. John1:1:15
In the King James Bible, the third best-selling translation, the word "light" appears a total of 235 times.
Light” in the Bible can be a metaphor for life, happiness, righteousness, or understanding. The Bible is clear that light comes from the Lord God, the “Father of the heavenly lights”
You can see Him in the beauty of the sky. You can see Him in the trees that reach for the heavens. You can feel Him in the warm summer breeze that brushes upon your skin. You can hear Him in the sweet melody of a song. You can smell Him in the crispness of the winter air. You can taste Him in the sweetness of life you witness unfolding before your eyes ...His light will engulf your senses and guide you on the most amazing spiritual journey you can ever experience.
We are all seeking a brighter existence. Our souls crave it. Our hearts long for it. We are seeking a deep peace in our souls. We are seeking absolute acceptance, and deep love in our hearts. When we are blessed by His gift of light. He will ignite a burning fire in your soul. Allowing His light to illuminate within you. You will be pulled closer to his majestic presence and his light will shine through you lighting the path for others.
I pray that his children unite and boldly spill His light upon the darkest corners of the earth. Oh, how I LOVE the light, Be the light! Unite! For I am a child of the light.
It's Him, It's always Him.
“Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.”John 12:36 NIV
“Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark but will have the Light which is Life.”
John 8:12 AMPC
“Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 AMPC
Love is a choice to reach beyond myself not once, but twice. First, I reach out to God to grant me the love that I don’t possess, and then I reach out to others to give them that love. And to be a conduit of this sort is to take love beyond the thin romantic notions of men and set it ablaze within me so that it might consume the world around me.
Craig D. Lounsbrough
The Meaning of reach - To extend; to stretch; in a general sense; sometimes followed by out and forth; as, to reach out the arm.
The word reach is used approximately 104 times in the Bible.
When I reach for you will you be there? I run to you each day but you are always just beyond my reach. I feel you in my soul, I hear your gentle whisper. However, I yearn so to touch your beautiful face.
What is this race we call life? What is this drive to love you, that lives in my heart? What is our purpose…
I find this journey so simple yet so complex.
It’s the midnight hour when I seem to reach for Him the most. I want to share my thoughts, my desires, my love with the one that holds my heart. The one who keeps the chaos from knocking at my door. The daily noise of life becomes a distant memory in His presence. … He is my fortress, my high tower, my protector, my escape to a spiritual existence.
In Him I found life. He is such a gentle and kind spirit. I found a beauty that I never knew existed in this world. He fills our souls with an unexplainable love. It is so difficult to put it into words. His dream is for His children to share this great love! So, I ask you, how do we share this kind of heavenly LOVE ?? I can only pray that He opens your heart and that He gives me the words.
He has given us this promise of this kind of love for eternity. Once you have felt God’s Love there is no turning back…. I can only pray, that if we began to slip from His grasp. That He will reach for our hand and pull us lovingly into arms. I personally do not ever want to fall far from His reach..
It’s Him. It has always been Him.
He breathed life into my soul. How did I not reach out sooner? How did I not respond ?? He tried to reach me so, many times…But I never stopped long enough to hear His melodic voice. He had to pour out His heart from heaven and touch my soul so deep, so profound that there was no doubt ... I knew in my heart it was Him.
And life will never be the same.
Thank you, my LOVEs my 3N1for never giving up…
Psalms 139:7-11, 17-18, 23-24 TPT
“Every single moment you are thinking of me! How precious and wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought! O God, your desires toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore! When I awake each morning, you’re still with me. Where could I go from your Spirit? Where could I run and hide from your face? If I go up to heaven, you’re there! If I go down to the realm of the dead, you’re there too! If I fly with wings into the shining dawn, you’re there! If I fly into the radiant sunset, you’re there waiting! Wherever I go, your hand will guide me; your strength will empower me. It’s impossible to disappear from you or to ask the darkness to hide me, for your presence is everywhere, bringing light into my night.
God, I invite your searching gaze into my heart. Examine me through and through; find out everything that may be hidden within me. Put me to the test and sift through all my anxious cares. See if there is any path of pain I’m walking on, and lead me back to your glorious, everlasting way— the path that brings me back to you.”
This song isn’t a formal release — it’s a prayer. A quiet offering for those affected by this winter storm.May you stay safe, find warmth where you are, and see Him gently revealed in the moments around you.
[Intro]
[Verse]
The winter storm carries its violence— bitter, cold, and damp. Yet I see the beauty in You.
As I watch the snow gently fall, it covers the ground in white purity and splendor.
I see the sparkle in the trees. The sky is blue—if they only knew. Seasons of love follow Thee.
I feel warmth rising in my heart. Beloved, it is You, revealing Your endless creativity.
Each snowflake— different, cut with precision and care.
I am in awe of Your splendor.
[Chorus]
Seasons of love follow Thee. I love seeing You in all things. Beloved— seasons of LOVE follow Thee.
[Verse]
Mother Nature is but a shallow dream, yet You, my Beloved, have unveiled the beauty that lives within my world.
It’s You— King of Kings, Lover of my soul, my seasons of love, a gift from Thee.
“Love is like the moon: if it's not waxing, it's waning, but it's the same as the last time, always the same.”....
The meaning of Waning and Waxing: Waxing means “growing” or expanding in illumination, and waning means “shrinking” or decreasing in illumination.
When we look at these words they seem to point us to the moon phases…
I truly have no idea why they tugged at my heart today… I can only say that I seem to feel those same types of pulls on my heart and soul.
Our Creator seems to have placed a force that keeps every little detail of creation in its place…. The total Universe seems to be affected by what we know as gravitational pull…
He created the moon to be the tidal force that causes Earth—and its water—to bulge out on the side closest to the moon and the side farthest from the moon. These bulges of water are called high tides. These tides interact with our earth's surface...
I question,
Do we have a similar pull that interacts with our Creator? Did our Creator put this gravitational pull into our very DNA? Are we all on this spiritual migration home?
As I travel on the quest to unlock this mystery and grow closer to my Creator … my first love.. I have come to the realization of the similarities between the ebb tide of the ocean and our relationship with our Heavenly Father.
I will admit there are times I feel Him so strong that it is difficult to contain the tears as they stream down my face. I can feel this beautiful yet mysterious gravitational pull that He so lovingly placed within the depths of my soul.
But then there are the times I feel He has placed some distance between us… and the closeness I once felt is lifted, and it grieves my soul … My soul longs for His presence… The struggle to find Him is real…
And then I remember that beautiful day in May when I felt a love so strong that it left me forever changed… He gave me a gift that filled my soul with a love far beyond my own understanding…. So, When we try to rationalize these moments in our mind, it can become a heartfelt perplexing feeling….
There is no way I can not deny His existence… I can only trust Him.. and wait… waiting is the most difficult task… longing for His presence is such an emotional quickening of the soul …
The Waning and Waxing becomes a beautiful dance of the heart. It's a love story between me and a precious soul that has loved me before I was even born…
He illuminates my life like the beautiful moon on the darkest of nights…
I so love the moon...
It’s Him, it will always be Him!!
Dance with Him like no one is watching - slow, quick, quick. Your life will never be the same.
Job 26:
He makes the moon wax and wane, putting it through its phases.
“Christmas should be a day when our minds go back to Bethlehem, beyond the noise of our materialistic world, to hear the soft flutter of angels’ wings.” - Billy Graham
Christmas is one of the most celebrated Christian holidays of the year, but what is the true meaning of Christmas? It is the celebration of the beautiful birth of Jesus Christ, our Savior, but is there more?
Christmas appears zero times in the Bible. But in the New International Version of the Bible, “Christ” appears 453 times!
In order to understand the word CHRISTmas I decided to look at the two syllables that make up this word we have grown to celebrate annually...
The word is a shortened form of "Christ's mass", or "Cristes Maesse" as it was first recorded in 1038.
Christ was the title given to Jesus. It was not His given name. It actually comes from the Greek word Christos which means "anointed one" or "chosen one.".
The second syllable “mass” comes from The English word “Mass” which comes from the Latin word missa, which means to be “sent.” This Latin word has been used since the 6th or 7th century. The mass is the gathering of people to celebrate the life of Jesus. This practice is the ritual we know as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper.
So to summarize the word CHRISTmas: it is a word that was given to a Christian event that has celebrated the birth of Jesus since Dec. 25, 336 AD.
It is the annual celebration of “anointed” one. The style of this celebration is the drinking of wine and eating of bread to remember our beautiful Savoir.
So how and when did this monumental day become so commercialized? When did we decide to give this “gift“ an annual birthday celebration? Do we even celebrate its true significance? Or do we get caught up in all the materialistic trappings?
This tiny newborn life that we celebrate on Christmas, comes from the very essence of God our Creator. We know Him as the son of God. This beautiful soul came to earth to live and taste life. He wanted to understand first-hand man's journey and how to live life as a human. He wanted to teach us a value system that would bless our lives... He is our living example of how to conduct ourselves with others... He allowed men to take His life in order to offer us a way home and to clean our transgressions before our Heavenly Father... He came to us as a gift with a mission...
So as we break bread, and pour the wine in celebration ... Take a few moments.. and put those shiny new gifts aside.. and let’s bow our heads ... and truly thank Him for being the reason we are blessed to gather today... He is the reason we celebrate life... It’s because of Him that we have been able to share in God's human anointing... We can further discover in 1 Samuel 16:13; Matthew 25:1-13 that the act of anointing symbolizes the Holy Spirit.
So are we to understand CHRISTmas... Is Jesus Christ the anointed one! He is God, the man, who has been sent to us as the deliverer, and He reigns as promised under the title of Messiah, the expected king.
Mass is the gathering of the masses.. To share in the beautiful gift of life. I can only bow my head and thank Him ... The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit for His abundant love. His abundant grace and His patience as I unravel the many clues He has given us.
It makes me smile when I see how He has woven every celebration, every word, every gift... to Him... Because He knows that our lives are much like a butterfly ... We come to earth and stay in the dormant state of our cocoon... Until the day, His love breaks our spirit free and we become alive... This transformation begins our migration home to Our Creator.
Today I celebrate His life, His Love. His gift of the anointed one Jesus Christ... He is my masterpiece of splendid wonder... I appreciate Him beyond this life... He WOWs me...
It’s Him, it’s always Him
Merry CHRISTmas
Hmm, 🤔 More clues to this amazing heavenly puzzle? ...are we ready??
Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; Revelation 19:7 ESV
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). Matthew 1:23
“Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne. “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.” Revelation 3:21-22 NLT
"My love for you, Lord, is not an uncertain feeling, but a matter of conscious certainty. With your word, you pierced my heart, and I loved you. But heaven and earth and everything in them on all sides tells me to love you." ~ Saint Augustine.
Meaning of decide - come to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration:
The word decide is in the Bible approximately 59 times.
Did you know that some sources suggest that the average person makes approx 35,000 choices per day?
Today I have a decision to make, what word should we study today? So many words so little time? Have you ever in your lifetime stood at the crossroad to indecision?? So many decisions to make? how do we even cope???
Are you the one that cast caution to the wind?? Or do you methodically study all the pieces to the puzzle and then make your move? I wonder hmm do we dare see what the Bible has to say??
Well, I decided to start here 1 Samuel 14:7 ”His armor-bearer responded, “Do what is in your heart. You choose. I’m right here with you whatever you decide.”
I have found that our Father gives us the choice to believe in Him.. He gives us the choice to follow His Son, Jesus. And He gives us the choice to embrace the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Hmm, decisions, decisions. Some dance around Him but can not decide to love Him with all their heart and soul. Some only give Him a fragment of their heart but keep a stronghold in it, so they can quickly rip it back if the fire gets a little hot. A few jump in with vigor, and fall in love. They fall so hard that it affects change, it affects the very nature of the person. It opens their soul to a beauty and a love beyond our world. And they embark on an amazing journey of discovery.
And as this beautiful love story unfolds you began to find your way and the beauty within will began to show. A softer more caring heart will be merge. But it's you that has to decide. Personally, the decision to follow Him should be a no-brainer.. But He wants us to willingly come... To willingly follow Him. And to be willing to love Him with of your heart and soul!!
Its Him. It's always Him.
Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Psalm 27:14
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
"What if, today, we were grateful for everything?" —Charlie Brown
As we enter this season of thanksgiving, let’s pause and look within our hearts. Do we sometimes overlook the little things others do for us? Are we gentler and more caring toward strangers
than toward those we claim to love?
It’s easy to take people for granted— often without even realizing it.
But love begins at home, within our inner circle.
If we learn to plant the seeds of love right where we are,
perhaps our world could truly grow into a more peaceful, compassionate place.
If there’s one lesson life has taught me, it’s that time is fleeting.
Material things can always be replaced… but love never dies.
So pour your love into your relationships—into the people who love you. They are the ones who carry your hopes, your dreams, your laughter, and your memories.
Accolades fade like vapors in the wind— here today, gone tomorrow— but the love you plant in another’s heart will remain forever.
That love becomes your lasting mark on this world.
Be grateful.
Be kind.
Share the best version of yourself. And above all—LOVE.
Love deeply, intentionally, and sincerely…as if each moment were your last chance to show someone how much they mean to you.
May God guide us,
May Jesus show us how to love, and may the Holy Spirit open our eyes and hearts to see ourselves as others see us.
“I am captivated by you; you have stolen my heart.” - Unknown...
Meaning of Taken - the past participle of taking (with) enthusiastically impressed (by); infatuated (with)
The word taken can be found in 1712 instances in the Bible.
Have you ever been so engrossed or taken in by a subject that it has a pull on your very soul? Is there a mystery about it that keeps you so intrigued that you keep coming back like a bee returning to the sweet nectar of a delicate flower? Is there an unusual unexplainable love that keeps tugging at your heart? Does this subject matter bring excitement to your very lips?
This is such a difficult phenomenon to explain. Many have been taken and drawn into His circle of love... Many hearts have been mysteriously captured by a love greater than the human mind can understand... Many can feel this unexplainable stirring in their soul...
How do we share this state of being “taken” to a greater existence? How do we explain this beautiful essence of a greater love that overwhelms our mind, body, and soul? It is such a beautiful feel thing... This love will take you from zero to 60 in just seconds. Your heart will be swept away like an outgoing tide, and your soul will be taken to a place of unexplainable joy and peace...
It's a blissful state of euphoric happiness that can be difficult to contain. Many will watch with curiosity? Some will be taken into your journey in hopes that this state of being will rub off. Others will see this as possibly crazy behavior. Some perhaps will distance themselves because of fearing something they truly do not understand.
Where do find this love? How can you be swept away? How do we find hope for a brighter tomorrow??
It’s Him, It's Always Him!
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.Psalm 31:24
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