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"DO YOU LOVE ME"

Do You Love Me

One day, I woke early in the morning to watch the sunrise. Ah... the beauty of God's creation is beyond description. As I watched, I praised God for His beautiful work. As I sat there, I felt the Lord's presence with me.

He asked me, "Do you love me?"

I answered, "Of course, God! You are my Lord and Saviour!"

Then He asked, "If you were physically handicapped, would you still love me?"

I was perplexed. I looked down upon my arms, legs and the rest of my body and wondered how many things I wouldn't be able to do and thought about the things that I take for granted. I answered, "It would be tough Lord, but I would still love You."

Then the Lord said, "If you were blind, would you still love my creation?"

How could I love something without being able to see it? Then I thought of all the blind people in the world and how many of them still loved God and His creation. So I answered, "It's hard to think of it, but I would still love you."

The Lord then asked me, "If you were deaf, would you still listen to my word?"

How could I listen to anything being deaf? Then I understood. Listening to God's Word is not merely using our ears, but our hearts. I answered, "It would be tough, but I would still listen to Your word."

The Lord then asked, "If you were mute, would you still praise My Name?"

How could I praise without a voice? Then it occurred to me, God wants us to sing from our very hearts and souls. It never matters what we sound like. And praising God is not always with a song, but when we are persecuted, we give God praise with our words of thanks. So I answered, "Though I could not physically sing, I would still praise Your Name."

And the Lord asked, "Do you really love Me?"

With courage and a strong conviction, I answered boldly, "Yes Lord! I love You because You are the one and true God!"

I thought I had answered well, but God asked, "Then why do you sin?"

I answered, "Because I am only human. I am not perfect."

"Then why in times of peace do you stray the furthest? Why only in times of trouble do you pray the earnest?"

I had no answers, only tears.

The Lord continued. "Why only sing at fellowships and retreats? Why seek Me only in times of worship? Why ask things so selfishly? Why ask things so unfaithfully?" The tears continued to roll down my cheeks. "Why are you ashamed of Me? Why are you not spreading the good news? Why in times of persecution, you cry to others when I offer My shoulder to cry on? Why make excuses when I give you opportunities to serve in My Name?"

"You are blessed with life. I made you not to throw this gift away. I have blessed you with talents to serve Me, but you continue to turn away. I have revealed My Word to you, but you do not gain in knowledge. I have spoken to you but your ears were closed. I have shown My blessings to you, but your eyes were turned away. I have sent you servants, but you sat idly by as they were pushed away. I have heard your prayers and I have answered them all. Do you truly love me?

I could not answer. How could I? I was embarrassed beyond belief. I had no excuse. What could I say to this? When my heart had cried out and the tears had flowed, I said, "Please forgive me Lord. I am unworthy to be Your child."

The Lord answered, "That is My Grace, My child."

I asked, "Then why do you continue to forgive me? Why do You love me so?"

The Lord answered, " Because you are My creation. You are my child. I will never abandon you. When you cry, I will have compassion and cry with you. When you shout with joy, I will laugh with you. When you are down, I will encourage you. When you fall, I will raise you up. When you are tired, I will carry you. I will be with you until the end of days, and I will love you forever."

Never had I cried so hard before. How could I have been so cold? How could I have hurt God as I had done? I asked God, "How much do You love me?"

The Lord stretched out His arms, and I saw His nail-pierced hands. I bowed down at the feet of Christ, my Saviour. And for the first time, I truly prayed.

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mywholeheart  

About mywholeheart

My son is in need of help quickly. He has 9 days to respond to a summons for divorce. He is the non-biological father of a 3 1/2 year old boy that he's raised from birth. He is on the birth certificate and is the legal father. The mother has issues and is trying to take his son from him. My whole family accepted her into our lives, went through the pregnancy, and absolutely love this little boy with all our hearts. We has been a HUGE part of his life and now he hasn't seen any of us in a month. We have never gone that long without him. She has gone months without him, until now. She has removed him from his daycare and all his friends. We pray every day and every night that God will intervene and bring this little angel back to us. Unfortunately we also have to rely on attorneys. The local pro bono attys can't see my son until it's too late. We are in need of monetary gifts to help with legal fees. We have a very good attorney waiting to help us.  My son has to file a counter petition very soon or he'll lose his son. I pray that someone can please help us. May God richly bless all of you.  Thank you.  www.ilovemyson.info

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positive thoughts  

Becoming the best we can be

Oh Boy.  I've been thinking again LOL.  Susie6  has really become an inspiration to me.  Her posts are fantastic.  Despite everything that she is going through she still gives us all something valuable.  So it makes me ponder living each and everyday as if it were our last day on earth.  Would we still be anxious?  Would we still be depressed?  Would we still be asking ourselves How,Why?  I believe I would be reaching out just as Susie6 is doing.  She is such a wonderful person.  How the miracle of the internet can connect people together.  I see God working in her.  Glory be to God.  This is where the meaning for me comes from seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and everything else shall be added to you.  Therefore why worry.  It has no dominion over us anymore.  Love one another as Jesus loves us.    I see things with my spiritual eyes.  Reach out give a hand.  Give a smile.  Keep on giving.  Not too long ago I planted a seed.  My heart told me too.  My physical eyes looked at the bank account and said you can't do that and my spiritual eyes answered oh yes you can.  So guess what I gave believing.  I gave with a joyous heart.  I am not worried for I know I will get it back 4 folds.  I call this the power of just letting go. God knows what is truly in our hearts.  I believe when we lie to ourselves we are lying to God.  God is love and I see that everywhere.  Thankyou for allowing me to share.

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Lo-Lo  

The meaning of Love by Wow Essay

                                          The Meaning of Love

 

The meaning of Love what exactly is love?  Is there an absolute meaning to the word love?  Or is it purely subjective?  The concept of true love is what we search for all our lives.  Yet love is one of the most misunderstood concepts of all.  What people really want more than anything else is to be loved unconditionally; too be acepted for who we are, and still be loved.  Sometime we will do some crazy things, in the name of love.  Love is actually the choice one makes to put someone's wishes, desires and needs above our own.  Many people confuse the word love with the meaning of the word want or desire.  For example, sometime when a young man tells the woman of his dreams, I love you, when he means that he wants her because of his own selfish desires.  He's the one that may feel all excited over her, but in reality he may want her because of her physical appearance, or because of her mentality or her ability to make him feel good or important.  Notice his primary motive for pursuing her is based on himself and his desires; not on pleasing her, although he may choose to please her, but that's only based upon the fulfillment of his wants.  The same goes for a young woman, when she says to the man of her dreams, I love you, she in fact means that she wants him because of his physical appearance, status, mentality or his ability to make her feel good or important.  This usage of the word love for the meaning of the word want is ever so present in the way we use and abuse it.  Since we are selfish creatures, and our understanding of love is to first be pleased, look at how this word is overused.  "I love Papa John's pizza.  "just love Gone with the Wind. "I loved Titanic, "I love Jazz Music. "I love beethoven.  "I love The Island of Dr. Moreau.  To better understand the concept of love, lets define the value of love.  Love is the most valuable commodity in the world.  We all need love just like a fish needs water.  Without love, life would not be worth living.  With love in our lives, we are empowered beyond belief.  Without love in our lives we will shrivel up and die a slow, painful and lonely death.  Love is the very essence and core of our being.  It is the energy that sustains who and what we are.  Everyone in life has a deep-rooted desire to love and be loved.  Many times people only recognize love in its emotional form.  We might hear people on television say things like, I don't love you anymore, as they express their emotional feelings.  However, love is a lot more than what we feel.  Love is a spiritual form of energy that can be given or received in physical, emotional, or mental forms.  Love usually starts in our thoughts, then spreads to the physical world through our actions, and then it will produce the emotional feelings.  For example, it is possible to be angry with our spouse and force ourselves to do something nice for them in our actions, like buying flowers.  Pretty soon our emotions kick in and after we see how happy our partner is upon receiving the gift, our emotions will follow.  Love is a spiritual gift from a from a supremem force that starts mentally and finds its way to physical expression, but the emotional feelings we call love have very little to do with what love really is all about.  Furthermore, love can also come in healthy and unhealthy forms.  Love is an energy that can be used in a positive, healthy manner or a negative unhealthy manner.  There is unconditional love, which is very accepting, supporting, and  forgiving.  There is tough love, which is diciplined, authortative and conforming.  For example, if a father's son were using drugs, he could unconditionally love him and accept his destructive behavior, hoping that he doesn't overdose and die.  Or he could use tough love and put him in a rehabilitation hospital in an attempt to save his life.  So as a result, too much tough love can be unhealthy, just like too much unconditional love can be unhealthy.  The acceptance of love also plays a role in better undestanding the concept of love.  Many times we give love to our partner the same way we would like to receive it.  But loving a person this way might not be in their best interests.  If our gift of love fails to promote the good in the other person, they might not like it and reject it.  Other times we might expect to be loved by our partners in the same way we were loved as children by our parents.  For example, if our parents made us feel loved by buing us things, we might associate loving actions especially in the form of gifs jewelry, clothes and expensive toys.  Our partner could be the most loving, supportive, compassionate, understanding and caring person in the world and it's possible we could overlook their loving intentions if they didn't come from a store.  In conclusion, to love others takes effort, and in some cases this can be very hard work.  Ideally, we should also be able to love people who we don't particularly like or fnd attractive.  This is not as unreasonable as it may sound, if we understand that love is not just a feeling, but it is expressed when we do something for another person that benefits their spiritual and emotional growth, which in turn helps them realize their full human potential.

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Filipinas  

About Filipinas

Right now, I'm on dire straits to look for a job that won"t require me to leave home. My seventeen year old son is autistic and needs my personal supervision on his day to day activities.

Searching for work from home internet,online job with no registration fees, as my currency capacity is in peso and cant afford to convert to dollar.  

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CATLUV  

About fortheluvofcats

This post is for all cat lovers...All animal lovers! 

Pets are such wonderful blessings in our lives'. 

They provide laughter, unconditional love, and support that many human's cannot match. 
I started this page in hopes that it may make someone smile, laugh, or even cry, if need be. 

With all of the negativity in the world right now, we need to find time, even a moment to 

think of the good things, appreciate our pets and the love that they provide us everyday. 

They are keenly aware and sensitive to our pain, discomfort, distress, and sorrow, and 
in this way, and so many more, they are like therapy. 

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