Gods love

 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,  neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39

When people think about love they often think of a person or a thing. We say to a friend that we love them when they do something for us or that we love our pets, phone, or lap top. We see a cute boy and we are in LOVE with them and as fast as we are to say those words we are faster to take them away.

The dictionary defines love as:
tender affection for somebody: to feel tender affection for somebody such as a close relative or friend, or for something such as a place, an ideal, or an animal.

That seems legit, but do we really understand what love is? Do we really demonstrate love? Do we really have love demonstrated unto us from a close relative or friend or that place or animal?

1 Corinthians 13:4–8aLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails

Do we love like 1 Corinthians says we should love? Better question: Do we love like God loves?
I think that the answer would probably be no, we don't.

Lately I have been so stressed out from school, things at home and all the responsibility that I have. Asking God why? why do I have to go through these things that just hurt me. But really, that's just a spoiled way of thinking. God has done so much for me. He sent his only Son to die so that I could be saved and know him personally.

He continually takes care of me, sent me to a great church, gave me some great friends and gives me opportunity to talk to people him and uses me to help people to give him glory. What a great God. I KNOW his love is great and powerful and can never be shaken. I KNOW that He chose to save me, not because of anything that I did, but because He's God and He's great and wonderful and Good.
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God's love is something that makes no sense. We are rotten sinners that don't deserve his grace, yet he gives it.

So what is love? I would say to get a correct definition look to God, because God is love.

until next time,
Heather

His Mercies are new every morning.

As I sit here on this gloomy day I can't help but think that my day depicted this horrible weather. It's been a while since I wrote and I am sure there are TONS of people who are sitting, waiting for my next post. ;)

So a new semester started and though much is the same in life, a lot of things have changed as well.

Tonight I am starting a bible study that God told me to start a year ago. God put on  my heart to start a bible study with young people studying who he is. Because we often make God who we want him to be and we NEED to know him more. At that time, everything wasn't falling into place. I didn't have my license, we had no place to go, and I didn't really know how to get it started. In the last few weeks EVERYTHING fell into place.

1. Got my license in December
2. A dear friends mom agreed to let us use her house
3. People seemed interested.
 How could I NOT start this? God put this on my heart for a reason. Why he wanted me to be the one to do it is beyond me, but the fact that He put everything into action means He wants it to happen and NOW!!
Now that it is starting I am a little freaked out, but I can't disobey God. I'ts not an option.

Now, back to what this post is really about. My day was horrible. Everything was going wrong, I was crying like a baby and wondering why the things that were happening, were in fact happening and I opened up a devotional book I was reading to the chapter I was supposed to read last week and the chapter was titled was: Todays mercies for todays troubles. I STARTED CRYING ALL OVER AGAIN. The whole chapter lifted my spirits and confirmed what I already knew. That God was taking care of me and that these trials were happening today because I am trying to do work for God and Satan doesn't like that.

What an awesome God. He takes such good care of us every moment of everyday. Gives us new mercies for THIS day, for these trials. He's right there, helping you along in this journey, In this place where we don't belong. What a great loving God.

until Next time,
Heather