These thoughts of the Divine came to mind as I was riding in my car earlier
today. They seemed inspired, so I decided that I should share them.
Love. We believe God is Love.
Everything that is of worth and that will stand is birthed out of love.
I think about children. Those not birthed out of love are called bastards.
Then, I think about all labor. All labor not birthed out of love is fruitless.
I was thinking of all the bastard work that I'm doing! All the work I just
do out of selfish reasons, not out of love.
But, labors of love seem to take on a life of their own and
take care of the people that create them.
Yes, love is the the most powerful creative force in the world.
It's taken me a long time to block out the things in my life that
were birthed out of greed, envy, lust, and pride. Those things
won't carry me far. God has one law, that is to love.
Funny we segment it, and only apply love to relationships, but if you
really think about it. You have a relationship with all the things that
surround you, and you have a choice to create with Love or to create
out of other things that will not stand.
Productive work is work that is done out of love for those that will benefit.
That is why sharing the Gospel is the most productive work that a person
can be doing.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Reflections on Love
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Everything He's Told Me Has Come to Pass...
So on January 31st of last year God spoke to me about things that would occur. He told me that my best friend would fall away. He told me that my illegal friend would get her citizenship before I left for Asia. Looks like I'm going to Burma this summer. He told me that another friend would meet his mother. He said another friend would have triplets. And yet another friend would have a child.
So my best friend did fall away. She thought that I would be angry or shocked when she told me, but I just told her that God had already told me. She doesn't believe in the prophetic, but that's okay. Some people need a reason to believe that God speaks to and through His people.
My illegal friend is in the process of getting her citizenship...hmmm...everything is happening in the order that He gave it to me. Go figure.
And it shall come to pass, in the last days, (saith the Lord,) I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. (Acts 2:17 Douay-Rheims Bible)
Though the earth be shaken below you, trust in the Rock.
2010 is the year of earthquakes. Men will be amazed: to put (stand) out of wits, i.e. Astound, or (reflexively) become astounded, insane -- amaze, be (make) astonished, be beside self (selves), bewitch, wonder.
My pastor said it will be the year of missions. I guess that is because the Church is going to have a lot of clean up to do.
