When we spell "Love" wrong

When I write an email to a close friend or my husband, I sign it "Love, Jen"

Sometimes I spell "love" wrong, like "LOve" or "lvoe."

But I've never had any of my friends or my husband point that out.

They simply accept my imperfect love, and love me back.

Just like Jesus does with all of us. 

Don't think your love for God has to be perfect--praying an hour or two a day, reading your Bible for twenty minutes non-stop, and telling every sinner you meet the plan of salvation--before He will love you back.

He loved us first, knowing our love would never be perfect while we live on this earth.

It helps if we simply say, "I accept Your love, Father, and I love you back." 

A Few of Your Favorite Things

Don't you love the song “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music? Each of us has our own list of things we think about when we are sad, lonely or discouraged, to cheer ourselves up. Mine would include:

§  Giggling babies & children

§  Colors, especially bright oranges and toasty browns

§  Ice cream, apricots, & rainbow trout

 

 

 

§  Getting soil under my fingernails and grass stains on my knees while gardening

§  Laughing ‘til I fall on the floor

§  Sliding across the kitchen floor in my stocking feet

§  Words, especially fun-to-say words like “plethora” and “ubiquitous”

            

Then there’s God. If I listed all my favorite things about Him, I would never be finished, but I have some I especially appreciate:

·         He believes in us, whether we believe in Him or not.

·         I can be myself with Him—He’s never shocked by my foolishness or failures.

·         He has endless ways and means for solving horrible problems.

·         He isn’t just able to help, heal and prosper us—He actually wants to.

·         He’s on my side when I feel like the whole world is against me.

·         He knows what I’m like deep inside, and He still likes me.

 

And, did you know God Himself has a list of favorite things? What do you

imagine is on it? Only one item!

·         YOU


What are a few of your favorite things? What do you most like about God?

 

 

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Turning Messes into Yes'es

 

Do you have a YES face or a NO face?

 

 

God has a YES face. That’s why Jesus attracted children, prostitutes, and tax men.

The world us to believe God has a NO face. But the world is mistaken. God is GOOD.

 

 

God is LOVE. God is YES.

He’s on our side. He can do for us what we can’t do for ourselves and what no one else can do.

God is a YES God. And even if a ton of NOthings have defined your life, God can turn your messes into YES'ES.