love

upon dismissal, three year-old Kyle asked, "Why does God love me?"

Just because God is love.
His nature is to love.

a heartfelt plea

dear Lord Jesus,
i am sorry Lord that I am still so far away from the "Love that faileth not".
can you please help me to by Thy grace display that "Love which loves her neighbour as herself"?

Cherish the Moment by Ron Hamilton

Read my book, rub my back; Daddy listen to my prayer
Let me sit in your lap, Daddy fly me through the air.
Throw a ball, make a snack; Can we go to the park?
Tuck me in, hold me close; I don’t like the dark

Chorus:
Cherish the Moment; Soon you’ll be apart. Cling to the memory; Clasp it to your heart.
Soon comes the day when you’ll have no child to hold, So cherish, cherish the moment.

Sing a song, play a game; Swing me high in the air
Ride a bike, fly a kite; How I love the times we share
Hold my hand, hug my neck; Daddy bounce me on your knee.
Come and sit by my bed; Daddy rock me to sleep.

Think ahead to a time, When your little ones are grown;
Hold them tight, don’t lose sight of the blessings you have known.
Think ahead to a time when your little boy’s a man
And you’d give anything just to hold him again.

Childlike Love

credit: ridewiththewind

If our love were but more simple

We should take Him at His Word

And our lives would be all sunshine

In the sweetness of our Lord.

- Jim Elliot

The Greatest Thing in the World by Henry Drummond

What was Christ doing in the carpenter's shop?

Practising.

Though perfect, we read that He learned obedience, and grew in wisdom and in favour with God.

...

Therefore keep in the midst of life.

Do not isolate yourself.

Be among men and among things, and among troubles, and difficulties.

You remember Goethe's words:

"Talent develops itself in solitude; character in the stream of life."

"I lived for myself, I thought for myself,

For myself, and none beside-

Just as if Jesus had never lived,

As if He had never died."

Love begets love.

Music and God

Dear Lord Jesus,

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You have ignited and rekindled an arousing interest in me for piano-playing again!

I dream of playing the piano as well as my piano teacher; the agility of the fingers, the smooth coordination of the mind and the syncopation of the fingers, the adrenaline rush from the excitement from the heart-.

Thank God for being the Creator of music!

I wonder how the Heavenly Orchestra will sound like.

The standing ovation, the seraphims and cherubims, the angels, the saints... it will be quite a spectacle!

Bravo it will be! ;)

This morning, I have been trying to...

(a quote by Pete Fleming, missionary to the Aucas, sums it up pretty succinctly.)

"in appreciation of beauty, mountains, music, poetry, knowledge, people, science- even the tang of an apple- God is there, to reflect the JOY of His presence in the believer who will realise God's purpose in ALL things."

"ALL things are yours... and ye are Christ's, and Christ's God!" 1 Corinthians 3.22-23

Isn't it so heartening to know that Christ has given us ALL things? :)

Missions is not the end of man, obedience is. :)

He will lead me- every step of the way.

He leadeth me, O blessed thought!

I have heard this from somewhere:

Time and distance may fade a small love, but it only makes a Great Love bigger.

How true!

Only a relationship anchored in Jesus Christ will be eternal.

There is a limit to human love,

but boundless and everlasting love in Christ!