Same old same old

“You can fool all of the people some of the time; you can fool some of the people all of the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time.”

Life comes from the Lord.

Generation to generation. (pf)

His parents brought Jesus forward and allowed others to prophesy about Jesus.

Gossip about my neighbors.

No! Not that!

Heartfelt fulfillment of expectations of goodness and love.

Leader as a man among men.

Change. Comes in fits and starts.

Amazing.

What do we do when we hear about amazement.

We can list the ways.

Three ways of Jesus life:

Salvation

Light

Sign of contradiction.

Mine eyes have seen astoundment and in Jesus dwells

He is and was a revelation to the Gentiles. He wanted to redeem us from the darkness of Evil.(pf)

In His light. He is light.

He was and is the child embraced as a sign of contradiction. Reveals the criterion for missing the whole of history.

Love.

Those who love leave those who hate. (pf)

Enlightened by the encounter.

What do I expect in my life? Does my heart wish to see the face of the Lord.The manifestation of His plan. Jesus’ Mother knew. She guided, along with Joseph at her side, a young boy to grow into the messenger of all messengers.

There exist frauds.

There exist fakers.

There exist hedgers.

There exist the irresponsible.

There exist the ones who never learn.

About His plan for your life.

Unfortunately, or not, it may come wrapped in a gift of a restrictive environment. A least restrictive one.

Think.

Sometimes our own worst company can be ourselves. Sitting with our sins of the past, on our lap, is not a comfortable place to be. Oh. Yes. There exists dis- honesty in every corner of the globe. We think, “Ha!” I made it past that sucker and on to my next conquest.

He says. “No.” I have greater plans for you and if you took the time to notice I have been using your own weaknesses to make you strong.

Then,

You can appropriately live and send my message onto the ones, who deny their reflection in the mirror of sin and misfortune.

If you listen, really listen during the silence of the desperation.

I am here.

Whispering in the calmest, softest voice that you matter.

You are good.

You are kind.

But. I will not allow you to go on “as is.”

He whispers,

“Because of my deep love for you and your beautiful life, I will test you beyond measure and be standing at your side the entire time.”

I am patient.

I am kind.

Love is not a feeling.

Love is a decision.

Huh?

Yep.

Love does not envy or boast.

Love is not a feeling.

Love is a decision.

Huh?

Yep.

Love is not arrogant or rude.

Huh?

Yep.

Love teaches us we all deserve it.

(1 Corinthians 13)

Even when our own jealousy pushes us to do reprehensible things to another in a heat of anger. He returns us to our roots.

He does not rejoice in our wrongdoing, but rejoices when we find truth.

Even when we feel punched in the nose by the advantageous-ness other in an attempt to take hold of our own life. He is with us always.

He knows we are not stupid.

You are not stupid.

True love is the genuine desire for the well-being of another.

Simple.

But.

Not easy.

Why?

Temptations abound.

Mother Mary taught her son Jesus, and He in turn set out on a course of life to spread the word of love.

Jesus said the two greatest commandments are: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind…..”

With every step you take, every waking moment of your life, He whispers for us to remember.

He does not say to us “Forgive and forget.” He wants more for us to learn the lesson. Some folks learn the hard way. Some folks learn the easy way..

We all are unique in His eyes. Where we trip and fall is thinking we can lie and cheat and steal from one another and then say, “Well, I. Ended it more than you, so it is ok in God’s eyes.”

No.

Wrong.

No.

He tests us daily, in ways big and small to come to our senses and follow Him. His teachings and our learning is life long because we trip and fall and make a mess of things. He picks us up. He tells us to “get real.” “Pay attention.” Get to work.

The hard work of proving love can exist in the most hard knocks kinds of ways. Easy ways, too like when we are able to blow through a green light and still have time to spare.

With the extra time we just gained, how will you spend it.

Doing for others?

Or.

Doing for you?

People come into our lives for a reason, for a season.

The ones we truly remember are the ones who taught us a thing of two in our most vulnerable of moments. Because of love and care.

We are so, so, so busy, busy hiding our faults and failings, we forget to pay attention to His love that has been available to us form the day we were born.

The ultimate love?

Sacrifice.

Now.

One looks to be sacrifice for one, may be different for eat one of us.

Immeasurable.

Incomparable.

”Agape”. The highest order of love for each of us to attain in order to be devoted to one another in the best possible of ways.

Most of all.

Love is sincere.

Yes.

Love that comes from the bottom of our hearts is true love. Humbly, Gently, Wholly.

Sincerely.

Hate what is evil. Hate does not feed the soul of a good person.

How?

Love does.

Proverbs 17:9

”It is better to cover over an offense and promote love, rather than repeating the matter and causing separation.

Yes.

Yep.

Yeah.

Hurray.

If a man has repented of a sin, no matter how heinous, there is no love or profit in repeating it to others.

What does this mean?

Get real.

With your own mistakes.

Do the time.

Make the time to heal from the hurts under His guidance.

Then. Freedom will taste so much more wonderful. To be shared with others in glorious ways, true ways.

Sincerely.