Loving others can be hard

John 13:14 “A new command I give you: Love one another.   As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”     Love, put on true love!!!♥️.   I am the caregiver for my mom.  She is failing quickly and it’s hard for me to have patience.    We have a theme, “We are going to live until we die”. But my mom can hardly walk and she just physically “can’t”.  I have told her, “put on your hoots bah!” We don’t quit mom!   You taught me that.   Don’t quit!! This morning as I’m reading John 13, I’m feeling like if I truly love my mom, I would be more patient with her.   That’s how Jesus love each of us, patiently. He never gives up on us and is constantly with us, even when we keep failing.  Today, as a caregiver I’m going to try harder to put on the love of Jesus and be patient and loving not because of who my mom is, but because of who Jesus is in me!   I hope this helps you too today, to put on a real love for someone in your life that has been hard to be patient with.😇♥️🙏🦅💃 Nothing is impossible with God!! Put on a Christ like love, a humane type love is simply not enough, for Hard!   Mental illness and addiction is often even harder to love someone through then physical.    You can do it through The powerful gift of Jesus!!!

Walk in the fruit of His Spirit😇

Galatians 5:22 "22 But the Spirit produces the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,".  How are you doing in His walk today?    Faith not Fear.   Hope not defeat.    May we each choose to walk in the fruits of His Spirit today!!!😇🙏♥️🦅

Love deeply even if you disagree

I haven't checked the election results as of yet.    What I know is that about half the people will be disappointed and likely upset about them.    We are all on the same team!! I pray that we as a Nation, of Gods Gods children can unite and move forward in Jesus. Colossians 3:12-14 "Therefore, as Gods chosen people, holy and dearly loved,clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience 13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.  Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them together in perfect unity."  Jesus died for us so we could be set free from our bondage to sin.  That we can truly live forgiven and restored.   We may not be able to understand why others see things differently politically or religiously or...... it's best not to take offense in the first place.   If you have allowed yourself to be offended extend to others the forgives you have been given in Jesus Christ.   Extend that forgiveness to yourself when you feel hostility or anger.  Jesus said if we hate in our hearts it is as if we murder.  Don't let your political passions turn into hate.   Forgive, repent and forward!   We each are guilty of sins.   No person is without sin one is not better than an other.  Each of us have been knit together on purpose in our mothers womb.   Love each other deeply even if you disagree.   😇🙏♥️🦅

Enjoy…. Don’t try to fix it!

Psalm 46:1-2,5. &10 "1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the sea,...5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day. ...10 Be still and know that I am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

When I sat down to read this morning my Bible opened to 46:5 "God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day." The sun was  rising  at that moment it felt a lot like a "God wink" I use Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God." As one of my "life verses".  So I lingered on Psalm 46 today.    It's such a beautiful Psalm.  I need 46:10 as a life verse because I'm a high energy, fix it girl.   Most of the time when I try to "Fix it" I just wreck it worse.   God is within her.....she will not fall; God will help her at the break of day.   This is talking of a city of God but as I read it this morning I am reminded  God will help me as I am still and trust Him.    So.... I will choose to simply be still, trust God and enjoy the rest of this glorious sun rise He is providing.   What is right in front of you that you need to simply enjoy and not fix?

Sincerity of heart toward what is right

Galatians 4:18 “It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always and not just when I am with you.”   Be zealous for the “right things” always, not just when someone is looking.   Have sincerity of heart for what is good, pure, lovely…..have sincerity of heart in love.   When I was married I was kind to my husbands face but I would bad mouth him, behind his back.   Wow.  That was horrible.  It truly hurt my sincerity of heart toward him and We eventually divorced. If I could go back in time I would have talked to him and Jesus, alone about our issues.  When I was a fire fighter I would warn the young married people not to bad mouth thier spouses at the kitchen table or pretty soon that spouse would be getting half their stuff, pension, and custody of their kids.  Learning to speak well of people even when you are angry with them is an important life skill and it’s extremely important so we can have a loving sincerity of heart towards them.   

“True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves.”

Billy Graham.     Love is intentional!! Love is a feeling yes, but not always.   True Love is a choice.  

Just Believe…

Mark 6:34 "He said to her, " Daughter, your faith has healed you.  Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."   4:36 "Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe."

Don't be afraid just believe!!! I look at the glass half full most of the time, usually after I have envisioned worse case scenario and played it through seeing Jesus in my worse case.    If I do this remembering He is there no matter what, I can simply believe.   My negative thinking gets enlightened with Hope, when I simply Believe😇🙏♥️🦅

We live even though we die

John 11:25-26 "Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;  26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?""    This verse helps me in my mourning.  When we loose someone here on this earth.  A. Deep emptiness takes hold of us. A loneliness that can't be quenched apart from Jesus.    As I long for my beloved I try to simply TRUST God is who He says He is and Heaven is our reward.  It's a place of no more tears, no more sorrow, no more pain, frustration or anxiety.   It's a place greater than we can imagine.  When I simply TRUST my beloved is there, happy, complete and smiling it helps my heart here.  😇♥️🙏🦅.  Let's fix our eyes on Jesus and TRUST He is who He said He is!!!