God's Love

The roaring of the ocean plays its tune softly in the background. The black birds make their song. The blue sky leaves the heavens open for the sun to warm the earth. How amazing it is to be alive every day; to breathe the sweet air that surrounds this globe. Our world is full of hurt and pain, but surrounding that is the love, beauty and compassion of the human race. Praise be to God for loving his people, to put them through hard times and to them hug them with love.  He sends his angels down to protect, while the sinful world slowly kills itself. Even though we are lost in sin, we are blessed and loved and surrounded by beauty that is unfathomably great. Who are we to deserve this? And how is it that we can be saved by Jesus Christ? Bow down and worship Him, for he has us in the palm of his hands and he watches us as we make poor decision after poor decision. And yet, He loves us every moment in time. Sin takes us off of our path and many never return to the path. With every hurting, searching human being that never makes it back, God weeps for their hearts. His hurt shakes the earth. And yet, we blame him for the cruelty of Sin. Mankind suffers hurt and the whole time God is calling out our names with open arms, begging us to embrace Him. We don’t want to admit that He is the solution to our death, so we destroy ourselves. People! God is good! He wants us to allow him in our hearts so, He can save us each and every day from the sin that surrounds our race. Praise Him, for sending the birds to sing, the oceans to roar, and the flowers to paint the earth. 

Relationship with God in Solitude

      There are times when you are given the freedom to just sit. Often times it is not necessarily something that you want to do, because of things that need to get done or other things that seem more inviting. Take into consideration, however, how often you allow yourself the time to let your mind wander or even allow it to mindlessly notice the shapes of the clouds or the sound of the wind in the trees. I find that I can sit and listen or watch people go about their days for hours and leave those moments feeling less stressed, more content, happier…you name it.
Human beings often times get so caught up in our lives that we don’t give our bodies time to rejuvenate. I’m not talking a good 8 hours of sleep or a twenty-minute afternoon nap every so often. While that is good, I feel that we were created to spend time in thought. It is hard for me to write things I am passionate about without bringing in my religious beliefs and how that correlates. I feel, personally, that your view of religion and of God can have such an important role when taking our lives into consideration. All that to say that I feel obligated to add another point about “quiet time”, which, in turn, illuminates what I believe.

This time that we, as humans, crave seems to be quite persistent. I firmly believe that God created us with the need for that time, because we need that time to worship him. He calls us to worship him and when placed in a serene place with no one else, our mind becomes relaxed and cleansed, simply because we are not distracted by life. Either that, or we have a place to consider the distractions of life and how to, then, deal with them.
If any of that makes sense, then I am incandescently overjoyed. But, to sum it up, I feel like human beings need that time of sitting and pondering because we were created to need that. Primarily, we need that to focus on God but he gives us that time to simply relax and clean out our minds. That’s the only way I can explain why everyone at one time or another, or on multiple occasions takes time to get away, even if they are not believers. We, as human beings, are programmed to need that time to just sit and be. 

Loveology from Solid Rock

A friend of mine showed me this link and when I watched these three sections, I was blown away with the great things that this man had to say. Consider the main points. They are incredible.

Solid Rock Church
http://www.ajesuschurch.org/topic?id=627&c=1939

This is not mine. Just so you all know :)

Valentines Day

Deep in slumber, she slept on the morn of Valentines Day. Sure, it was Valentines Day and yes; she had a sweet boyfriend who was planning something. But she stayed curled up in bed and dreamt.

“Wake up”, chimed her roommate around 8:30am. Rubbing her eyes, she wondered why her roommate was awakening her. As her eyes were focusing, she noticed the smell of pancakes. In the arms of her roommate was a platter full of her favorite things. Tears filled her eyes. A deep red rose lay next to the orange juice attempting to capture all of her attention. She did not fail to notice, however, that this platter was full of all of her favorite breakfast treats; there were pancakes with peanut butter, scrambled eggs with caramelized onions and orange juice with lots of pulp. What a way to wake up! Every girl who walked by her door peeked in to see what all of the hubbub had been about and squealed upon hearing the special treat her boyfriend had surprised her with. She stuffed herself and then prepared to go trudge through the rest of Valentines Day with a smile on her face.

She told her boyfriend that her breakfast was yummy and thanked him, but he stopped her and told her that there was more to come. What more could a girl ask for?

After her classes she wandered back to her dorm and worked on her homework. She knew she would be going somewhere for dinner, but where? Around 5, he walked in and said, “let’s go”. His voice is her favorite sound ever. She melted at the sight of him and couldn’t get ready fast enough! What was he planning! Where were they going? They got in the car and drove off. She loves being in his car. It’s the best place to be. She feels a warm feeling of safeness when she is with him; that she can trust him with anything.

As they pull up, she found out that they were going to a Thai restaurant! He had gone far and beyond what she had expected. She could have hugged him all night, she was so happy. They ate. The food melted in her mouth. Every bite was even more delicious than the previous one. She thanked him for breakfast and dinner with a hug, unstoppable smile on her face. He only smiled and said, “there’s more”. How could there be more? She was being treated like a princess.  It was all too much! They hopped in the car and drove off. Finally she figured out that they were headed to a spot to overlook the city; a place they had been a few times before. She smiled and held his hand the whole way there.

They drove up to their spot and sat and looked over the city. It wasn’t too foggy, so they were able to see most of the lights. They flickered and sparkled. He hopped out of the car and she began to wonder. The trunk opened and shut. He crawled back into the car carrying a box of chocolates and a rose. More! She was in over her head. Her face hurt from smiling. He explained that he had tried to dye the rose black because black was her favorite color, but it had failed. It was, however, a beautiful white rose with dark spots. Unique. Special. She loved it.

She loved the day, she loved the food, she loved the drives that took them to their destinations and she could have sworn she loved him. He was a special guy who treated her with compassion and kindness. She was blessed beyond words and happier than she had ever been.