Today, I said Lord, I love you out of an impulse. I mean, I felt a urgent need to say that out of nowhere. No particular reason. Nothing special had happened, just I love you! When I think of all the wonderful things God has done for me in times past, and how he's brought me out alright. How he saved my soul from a burning hell, I can't help, but to praise him.
Now mature praise is a Job's kind of praise. When everything is going wrong. I will still bless the name of the Lord. "For the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away." Your feelings might SCREAM to you like Job's wife did. They may say, "curse God and die" but you love God with an undying love, and that isn't based on your circumstances. Circumstances WILL OFTEN FLUCTUATE, but mature love is a committeement. People whose love or praise fluctuate is not yet developed in love. God said, "Let love(Patience) have her perfect work in you." So if you find yourself bouncing back and forth, don't get discouraged with yourself. Just ask the Lord to mature you in your love walk. That will take some time and practice. Just like with all things, with a little practice/discipline, and you will reach the point of maturity.
As I grow in God, I am growing in my understanding. People who love one another can just enjoy one another without anything of value. They do not need things to prove their love for one another. Neither should God have to do another thing further for you to prove his love for you. He's already allowed his only begotten son to be nailed to a cross to prove his love.
God's love for us is most valuable and it cost us nothing. All God's love requires from us is time. The more time I spend with God the more I understand. The more I understand the more I love him. The more I understand how he loves me in spite of; the more I am able to love others in spite of, and thus the cycle of love continues.
SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY: 1 John 4:11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
POEM FOR THE DAY: My love for God is real. It's not based on what I feel. My love for him is do or die whether blessings comes down from the sky. I've got to praise him, no rock will ever take my place. If I don't praise him it will be a disgrace. Praise is what I do. Straight from the heart, it's how you can tell us real CHRISTIANS apart. -by Katherine Price 4/28/2010
PRAISE, PASS IT ON....
BE BLESSED SAINTS AND LET THE LOVE OF JESUS SHINE THROUGH YOU.
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