Showing posts with label unconditional love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unconditional love. Show all posts

Thursday, May 6, 2010

One of God's Greatest Inventions by Joyce Schafer


I have been reading about great inventors who have ideas pop into their heads and go on to become very rich. Let me tell you, if I invented something based on ideas that pop into my brain we would now have a washer that sorted clothes before washing, a clothes dryer that not only dried the clothes but folded them and put them away, a floor that cleaned itself automatically, a system where cobwebs were always removed from the corners of the ceiling, and a genie who could throw together a meal in minutes. Oh, wait, God already invented these wonders in one. She is called Woman and in most cases she is also called wife, mother and maybe even grandmother. God gave women a special talent for seeing spills, dirt, cobwebs, wrinkles and clutter that most men do not even notice. He also gave us the talent for appreciating dandelion bouquets, knowing when a child is sick or sad without them saying a word and being able to love our child unconditionally no matter what they do. God really knew what he was doing when he had that light bulb moment and looked at Adam and thought “He really needs a Helpmate!”

This Mother’s Day please take the times to thank that special lady who does so much for you and all she wants in return is your love and respect. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Lavished by Susan Shull

“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are.” I John 3:1

I stand amazed when I consider the love of my Heavenly Father! To think that he “lavishes” his love on me! It makes me feel all warm and cuddly and I want more of it. The scriptures are full of verses about the love our Savior has for us. The concordance in my Bible has 8 columns! of tiny print listing verses that contain some form of the word “love”. These verses are metaphorical hugs from the Creator of the universe to us.

Evidence of God’s love for us is all around. He created the beauty of this earth, the animals, birds, flowers, plants, and music for us-a perfect world. Then man messed up by rejecting God. That rejection resulted in death and decay in the world.

Thank goodness God didn’t stop showing his love there. His plan for us continued throughout history. The Old Testament prophets proclaimed that a Savior would be born-Moses, 1500 years before Christ; David-1000 years before; Isaiah-700 years before; Malachi-400 years before Christ. Isn’t it comforting to know that God, the omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent God, is in charge?

When that promised Messiah came as a sweet, tiny, baby boy, God had given us his best and most perfect gift. Our Savior loved us so much he came to the fallen earth and lived an ordinary life that ended in an extraordinary way. He experienced everything we do: the unconditional love of his parents, childhood, the teen years, friendship, pain rejection, temptation, suffering, death, but praise God, he did it without sin, gave His life to cover ours, and rose from the dead.

His ways are so far above mine! His love is indescribable. I think He knew we wouldn’t be able to come up with words to express our wonder and marvel at His greatness, so he gave us the Psalms, including this one smack dab in the middle of the Bible.

“Praise the Lord, all you nations, extol him all you peoples, for great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!”
Psalm 117


Friday, October 9, 2009

A Soft Place to Fall by Vaneta Andrews


(Inspired by Rachel Pitcher and Dr. Phil)


We all NEED a “soft place to fall”. Some of us have favorite pillows, teddy bears, best friends, parents, or spouses that we go to when we just need a soft place to fall. Pillows wear out; teddy bears get old or we get too old for them (what a shame); best friends, parents and spouses aren’t always “soft”. However we all can experience the most reliable and faithful “soft place to fall” … God. He is ALWAYS there with unconditional love, acceptance and support. No matter what the outside world does to me, tells me or how it affects me – I can ALWAYS rest in the assurance that God is my soft place to fall and so can you!

Psalms 91:1 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”