5.24.10

John 13:34-35 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you love each other.  Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."

My Thoughts

Jesus said this to his disciples at the last super... these men were very different from each other... the lived with each other day in and day out... they did not always see eye to eye... some days I am sure it was really hard to be loving to each other... but that is what Jesus ask of them... not only were they to love each other...they were to love each other as much as Jesus loved them!... When we become children of God we are his disciples as we are expected to do the same... to love the people around us... even when we don't always like them... as much as Jesus loves us... not that is a lot of loving!!!.... We are ask to do this to prove to the world that we are children of God... what is love... it tell us in I Corinthians 13:4 what love it it says: Love is patient and kind.  Love is  not jealous or boastful or proud, or rude. It does not demand its own way.  It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.  It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.  Love never gives up, never loses faith, it is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. This is not always easy loving everybody around you!!... but God never said it would be easy... but God did say He would reward us for doing what he ask of us.... remember the definition of Love... what God tells us love is... and go out today and love everybody... even the people that are hard to love... just as Jesus loves us when we are hard to love.

4 21.10

Joshua 23:16 If you break the covenant of the Lord your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.

My Thoughts

God's covenant for US was made through Jesus... and God promises us many things in his word if we are doing the things he ask us to do... he ask us to Love him with all our hearts, soul and mind and to love our neighbor as ourselves in Matthew 22:37 and in I Corinthians 13:4 God tells what love is... Love is patient and kind, Love in not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.  It does not demand it own way.  It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.  It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth winds out.  Love never gives up, never looses faith. Love  is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance.... God wants to give us the many things he promises... God keeps his promises... but we have to do our part.... we have to Love God with everything we have... love him above money and things and people... then we have to love other people!!.... and the Bible tells us what love is.... so lets work hard today at being patient and kind, not being jealous or boastful or proud or rude, lets not demand our own way or be irritable, when somebody does us wrong lets be quickly forgiving and keep no record of it...let rejoice in truth... lets never give up and never loose faith lets be hopeful always!!... lets work really hard at doing these things... sometimes it feels not so easy to do...but  God knows when you work at it. Lets work at it and  lets see the wonderful things God puts in our lives along the way... lets not abandon God or the people around us or we will loose the very things that God has given us....lets show God we are loving because God wants to give us wonderful things like we want to give our children wonderful things he loves us even more than we know how to love... God wants to know we are trying! God will bless us for doing our best.

Hugs

Jeannie