Thursday, February 14, 2013

Father's Love Letter










God's Valentine


 

Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.Proverbs 10:12

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.Proverbs 17:9

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.1 Peter 4:8

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

My Favorite Valentine

My mom died when I was nine and one of the biggest impressions it made on my life was the idea of making your time on this earth count. Never miss an opportunity to express love.

Last year I decided to get ready for Valentines day early, to make certain I was prepared I bought a card for my husband months in advance. As the special day approached I decorated the house in pink and red and purchased some small gifts for each member of our family.  Valentines day came and we celebrated with a special dinner to boot!

At the end of the night after the kids were tucked into bed I approached my husband and said, "I noticed you didn't get me anything for Valentines Day."  He confessed that he had forgotten.  We bantered back and forth, me telling him how hurt I was and my dear Hubby saying he was sorry.

We both finally retreated. Hubby went to the store to buy me a Valentines day card. I retreated to the bathroom, where I locked the door and slunk down to the floor crying.
I heaved bitter tears and sent my laments up to God. I just couldn't understand why God would allow my broken orphaned heart to fall into the hands of a husband who would let me down.

I cried for God to show me I was loved.

When I was finished crying and praying I went into my bedroom to settle myself for the night. For some reason I picked up an old journal that I hadn't touched in years. I opened it up and there I found a Valentines Day card that my mother had given me 30 years prior to the day.

The card is a precious moments card which reads....Sew in Love Dear Valentine. On the inside my mother had penned....I adore my little March Flower Love, Mom

 

I don't know why I get surprised when God answers my prayers so quickly and directly. I guess that I have bought the lie for so long that I'm not loved and that I'll never be. 
 
The truth is, God loves me and he loves you too! People will always let you down at one point in time or another but God will never let you down.
 
 
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34-35 NIV
 

 
Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.Psalm 90:12
 
For,“All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 1 Peter 1:24
 

Orphan Defined

 
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. John 14:18

or·phan

[awr-fuhn] Show IPA
noun
1.
a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
2.
a young animal that has been deserted by or has lost its mother.
3.
a person or thing that is without protective affiliation, sponsorship, etc.: The committee is an orphan of the previous administration.
 
adjective
4. 
bereft of parents.
5.
of or for orphans: an orphan home.
6.
not authorized, supported, or funded; not part of a system; isolated; abandoned: an orphan research project.
7.
lacking a commercial sponsor, an employer, etc.: orphan workers.

My Life Verse


Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
                                                                                                                                                            James 1:27
 
I didn't pick my life verse. I just found myself sitting in church one day listening to our pastor Darren Whitehead and he quoted James1:27. I almost jumped out of my seat. THAT'S MY LIFE VERSE!!!!!  It caught me totally off guard, and that's usually how it is for me when God chooses to open my eyes.


Learning How to Blog

 
 
 
This girl is hands on. Writing into a computer doesn't quite feel right to me but if I want my voice to be heard through out the land..........then I'll have to figure this out.