something that has really been on my heart is to truly be authentic with people & to really show the Love of Christ for what it really is; not just by saying things to them, but showing them the Love of Christ. As 1 John 3:18 says, "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth." It makes me think back to when I didn't have a personal relationship with the Lord & i was seriously LOST. so LOST. wowzerrrrsss. i didn't know what love really was until i met the Lord & knew who He was & what He really wanted for me. His love is poured over me, all the time, every day. it's like when you are standing under a waterfall & the water is God's love [if you can't tell, i'm a very visual person :)] when standing under a waterfall, it's so refreshing--& cold!--while being showered. that's exactly how refreshing God's love is for us. it's so refreshing & wonderful to know someone loves us UNCONDITIONALLY & it is UNFAILING. God's love never ceases. He will always love me for being me.
last night, i ate sushi [yumm, haven't had it in like 6 months!] with a friend & while talking about Jesus with her, I was taken aback for the love He has poured into my life. it's not just by loving me in times of trial or loving me when i'm on top of the world, but it's the people He has put into my life, it's the amazing world He has created around me, it's the abounding grace He gives me, it's dying & giving me eternal life in heaven with the Father, & it's so many more things He has shown me that shows me His love for me. it's by HIS ACTIONS that we are loved, not just by his speech, just as the Bible tells us. we should live & try to be like Christ, but knowing we will fail but constantly showing the Love of Christ. because just as we have discovered, His love is so much more than saying He loves me for being me. it's what He has done for me.
I fall more in love with the Lord every day because of the small things in life He shows me that exemplify His love for me.
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