Are we hurting yet?

Do some loving thinking...

Joyce Meyer, in her classic book, Battlefield of the Mind, challenged us to "Do some 'love thinking'." [page 172]  I think she has something there.  If our mind can think loving thoughts, we will have more loving behavior.  That would make the world better, and our hearts more peaceful.  

Love is an Active Duty of Encouragement

"Love is an active duty, 

And encouragement,

As a biblical command,

Requires us to take the initiative."

Gary Thomas

Born worthy of love...made to live and love...

''I think midlife is when the universe gently places her hands upon your shoulders, pulls you close, and whispers in your ear:
I’m not screwing around. It’s time. All of this pretending and performing – these coping mechanisms that you’ve developed to protect yourself from feeling inadequate and getting hurt – has to go.

Your armor is preventing you from growing into your gifts. I understand that you needed these protections when you were small. I understand that you believed your armor could help you secure all of the things you needed to feel worthy of love and belonging, but you’re still searching and you’re more lost than ever.

Time is growing short. There are unexplored adventures ahead of you. You can’t live the rest of your life worried about what other people think. You were born worthy of love and belonging. Courage and daring are coursing through you. You were made to live and love with your whole heart. It’s time to show up and be seen.''

~ Brené Brown

What are you choosing over love?

Today I will choose love.
I will choose love until it becomes my first response...
I will choose love until it becomes who I am.

Let love start this day.
Let love end this day.
Let love transform the minutes in between.

(from Only Love Today:  Reminders to Breathe More, Stress Less, and Choose Love ~  by Rachel Macy Stafford)

What's your point?

I told my husband the other day:

"The point is not how much sin they have, but how much love I have."

I would add, "The point is not how wrong they are, or how right I am, but how much love I show."

Can't we get it?  The point is always love.  

Fasting during Lent?

During this time of Lent, I found this quote:

"Decrease is only holy if its destination is love."

Where do your decreases lead you?

Let all lead you to love.