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Entry - December 27, 2007
Love!
The Bible reveals to us God's perspective of love. Love is not a mindless feeling, a physical passion, an engaging affection, or any other earthly concept. Love is the foundation on which God created the Heavens and the Earth and all that they encompasses. It is the one word solution.
The following anecdote presents an accurate illustration, a simple and understandable glimpse of reality.
"A well-known speaker started off his seminar by: holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?"
Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.
He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.
"Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.
My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.
No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.
It was still worth $20.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.
Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who LOVE you.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and WHOSE WE ARE.
YOU !! are special and don't ever forget it."
If God brought you to it - He'll bring you through it."
BIBLE MEDITATION:
"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." (John 8:36)
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
"If there is a God and that God is a good God, then why is there suffering?" "What kind of a God is it that has created evil?" Ever heard those comments? Ever made them yourself? You're not alone. Many people have thought the same thing. But that's not straight thinking. Let me tell you the way it truly is. God did not create evil. God created perfection. God made man perfectly free, and freedom therefore gave rise to evil. In order to love, we must be free to choose to love. Then, in order to choose to love, we have to be able to choose not to love.
ACTION POINT:
Which kind of love do you want from others? A forced love or a gratis love? Which sounds better, "It is mandatory that I love you" or "I love you"?
Dr. Adrian Rogers
Love Worth Finding Ministries info@lwf.org
LOVE ONE ANOTHER:
8) Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9) For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Rom. 13:8-9 KJV)
In order to make the New Year 2008 "YOUR" year. Do this, learn to Love yourself as God loves you, and learn to love all mankind as God loves them. The road to peace on earth, is paved with God's love.
Happy New Year !!!!
Till next time~
Love you all,
Posted by Jerry Kirksey at 11:39 AM - Send Comments -   Email This Post
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