Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
As we wrap up our series on His Kind of Love, I want to share with you the story of two friends of mine. I have one acquaintance that every conversation is about her. Regardless of who is talking or sharing, she always has a better story of that situation in her own life. I recently sat through a meal […]
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Whether you hang out with a group of friends or on social media you will see individuals encouraging one another while others tear down one another. Tearing down and destroying is destructive. On the other hand, encouraging and building up in constructive. Hebrews 3:13 tells us to “encourage one another daily.” When I was in an abusive relationship, I did […]
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I have been blessed to have mentors that have encouraged me and pushed me out of my comfort zone. This hasn’t been because they didn’t love me, but for the opposite reason. They did love me and wanted to help me to grow and expand my horizons. Now, I have the blessing to be a mentor to the younger generation […]
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Hospitality was NOT a gift I was blessed with. Not when I think of hospitality as being a hostess. I know I will never measure up when I compare myself to two very dear friends that have the gift of hospitality. However, when I look up the definition it says, “the friendly reception and treatment of guest and strangers.” I can be […]
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I had an individual I interacted with daily that was rude and very frustrating to deal with. I dreaded seeing this individual. But,God laid it on my heart to begin praying for her. I did so and in time I saw the hard exterior begin to fade away. She is now friendly and open when I see her. Ephesians 4:32 […]
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I had a very painful situation occur several years ago. The love I felt for a friend was not returned. When he rejected me our friendship ended in a very dramatic and painful way. Gary Chapman said “Love is a choice.” We have a choice how we love others, but it doesn’t have to be in a romantic manner. We can […]
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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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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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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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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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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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Following Daddy’s death, I was very angry. I was especially angry at God. I couldn’t understand why he would take my Daddy when he had so much going for him. I really struggled with this, especially when I visited Papa {Daddy’s father}. Papa was in his late 80s and suffering from dementia. I didn’t understand God’s reasoning in any of […]
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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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