Love- A challange

I shared this with my 'Good Morning Girls' group this morning and thought I'd post it over here too.


I'm reading Crazy Love by Frances Chan...it's incredible.

It's really challenging. I guess the only thing is if I don’t apply it, it’s a waste of time…so I’ve been trying really hard to apply what I’m learning. I think I’ll have to read it about 6 more times to be able to remember everything.



Love.

We are called to Love.

In general I would say that I am loving and find it easy to Love.

God tells us what love is and what it is supposed to look like and it’s really not as simple or as easy as I had thought! Most of us our very familiar with 1 Corninthians 13

4Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5It is not rude,

it is not self-seeking,

it is not easily angered,

it keeps no record of wrongs.

6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails.



In the book, Frances Chan, asks the reader to do this following exercise. This was a HUGE eye opener for me. He asks you to read this passage of scripture outloud but using your name in place of LOVE and it.



Try it! All I could say was OUCH! And to be honest, couldn’t even finish reading it.


4(Name) is patient, (Name) is kind.

(Name) does not envy, (Name) does not boast, (Name) it is not proud.

5(Name) is not rude,

(Name) is not self-seeking,

(Name) is not easily angered,

(Name) keeps no record of wrongs.

6(Name) does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

7(Name) always protects,

8Love never fails.

Worship Night

Our church had Family Worship Night tonight.  The musicians in our church are incredible.  They are so talented and humble, it's amazing!  

I was reminded tonight that it's not about what I GET out of it...it's what I can GIVE! 

The past few months I've barely been able to sing during the worship time.  I had to fight back the tears.  I couldn't say the words without feeling this huge pressure on my heart.  I knew God was calling me to something and I knew I needed to surrender but I just couldn't wouldn't. 

I'm on a 'spiritual high' right now.  I feel like I could spend my whole day with God and no-one else and there still wouldn't be enough time.  Saying "Yes, Lord" feels so good.   I want to see this world through His eyes.  I've taken a step back and am trying to figure out what HE wants my life here on earth to look like.  What I've realized so far is that we aren't meant to be comfortable...and if you are, you need to do something about it!!  We will be comfortable in heaven, this is our time of labour and serving and there is joy and contentment in that!

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Change of topic....  Raya has had a rough day....we are anticpated a seizure sometime in the next 12 hours or so.  She was hard to watch tonight.  It's like she didn't know what to do with herself.  She went from hugging to dancing to growling to laughing to pouting to laying down to jumping to screaming all within minutes over and over and over again.   Tomorrow will be a hard day, she will be exhausted and really dependant.  Monday we will be on back on the positive side of life again.  She is going in 2 week cycles lately.  MRI followup is on Feb 1.


better late than never to start using labels I suppose