Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
I’ve shared openly about my struggle to lose weight. One of the biggest lessons I have learned in my journey is to develop a discipline in my eating patterns. Is this easy? Absolutely not! I struggle and keep working every day to make the changes that are needed. However, I’ve discovered I cannot make these changes on these own. I’ve […]
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Working with senior adults I often witness couples that have been married 50+, 60+, 70+ years caring for one another. Often one spouse is in better health than the other spouse. To watch these spouses enjoy the time they spend together always touches my heart. Often the needs have changed and one spouse has become the main caregiver for the […]
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In a previous lifetime, I had a director who refused meetings with her staff or to discuss any new ideas. Every decision seemed to be based on how it made her look. Request were always either ignored or refused. Needless to say this was not a very harmonious time in my life. I’m very thankful for a boss that I […]
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Before the last supper, Jesus knelt down and washed the disciples feet. He humbled himself and served his disciples. In John 13, Jesus explained why he provided this service. “If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as […]
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We live in a nation where abundance abounds and we want what we want. I admit that there are some things in which I’m just as guilty as the next person. However, when we look at the state of poverty in other countries we realize we have so much in which we can be thankful. By longing for wealth, food, […]
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We all long to be loved and get along with everyone we coming into contact with. Mother Theresa said, “The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.” Loving those we are friends with is easy, but the hard part is loving those that are not nice to us. Even Jesus understood that He […]
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On September 11, 2001 the World Trade Center was hit by an act of terrorism. While those in the building were fleeing, the firemen and policeman ran in the opposite direction. These men and women ran into the building to save lives, knowing it could be at the expense of their own life. On Flight 93, 40 passengers and crew […]
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There are two specific types of people scripture tells us to care for. These are the widows and fatherless. James 1:27 says “to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” A widow is a woman who has lost her husband to death and not remarried. The fatherless are those that have […]
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Peter asked Jesus “How many times should I forgive my brother? Seven?” To Peter forgiving seven times was a lot. After all, in Old Testament times seven was considered a perfect number. So, wasn’t forgiving seven times the perfect amount. However, Jesus surprised him {Matthew 18:22} and said “ I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy […]
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We’ve all heard the saying to “turn the other cheek” but that is much easier said than done. When I was in an abusive relationship, I turned one cheek to the other cheek and back to the first one and the pattern continued. I can’t tell you how many times I called out to God “how much more?” What I […]
Read moreWe’ve been discussing sharing His Kind of Love. I wanted to share my Pinterest board with you. I hope you enjoy.
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The Pharisees, part of the religious leaders of the day, enjoyed finding ways in which they thought they could trip Jesus up. They devised questions they felt would entrap him. However, Jesus was perfect and knew exactly how to answer. So, the Pharisees schemed to come up with another way to trap Jesus. They asked him “what is the greatest […]
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I’ve discussed sharing HIS Kind of Love many times on this blog. You will even notice that it is part of my tag line. First, who is this His? HIS refers to Jesus Christ. As the son of God, Jesus embodies the love of God. Why HIS Kind of Love? Jesus commands us to love others as we love ourselves. […]
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To deal with my depression, I had to do the hard work to pull back the layers. A huge part of this included learning to be honest with myself. I had to be honest with myself about my actions, reasons and motivations. Through learning to be honest with myself I also had to see and acknowledge my selfish behaviors and […]
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Mary, How Did You Feel?–Part 1 You were such a young girl When it all began Sprung from such innocence Oh, Mary how did you feel? What was it like to be so young? To become engaged at just fifteen Looking to build a home of your own Oh Mary, how did you feel? Then the […]
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Have you wondered where I got my tag, “Sharing HIS Kind of Love” from? The phrase comes from the song by the same title. His Kind of Love was written by Marijohn Wilkin. For 15 years I was Daddy’s accompanists on the piano. This was a song we performed on a regular basis. After his death, I took the Easter […]
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Today is Good Friday, the day Christians remember the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross. We often talk and sing about Jesus being on the cross, but there are times when the magnitude of His sacrifice does not seem to register. Passion Plays always bring me to tears, but they do not do justice to the depth of suffering Jesus […]
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