I am preparing for my second year of formation. I return to School very soon. My reading has been completed, my notes have been taken, and my back-pack is full!
But nothing is more important to take with me than Him.
Because He is my shield!
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
Genesis 15:1
Heavens to Betsy, it’s mid-July already!
The June flags have been stored away and I can easily say that, so far this summer, I have barely had a chance to catch my breath with all the goings-on in my tiny space of this world!
Great joys, amidst deep sorrows.
Mountain top moments combined with deep valleys traveled through.
And yet, there has been immense abiding grace.
Through everything – I have learned (and in some ways have re-learned,) a number of things about love and perhaps, something about myself. It (all of it) really comes down to the decision we all must make: To love or not to love. Yes, as cliche as it sounds, that is the ultimate question.
God is love and commands His children to live in love, grow in love, mature in love, share in love, and show to the world the difference that love in living can make.
One of my favorite working definitions of love is… LOVE is an action directed to another person that is motivated by our relationship to Jesus Christ and is given freely without a personal reward in mind!
Continue reading “…mission completed”
Praying with and for all those currently being tested under a fiery trial for walking in His ways.
Continue reading “iron”Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
1 Peter 4:12-18
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