Love

^"Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,  does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,  does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  Love never fails." I Corinthians 13:4-8

I was reading this verse on a friend's blog today.   I am not many of those things.  Mostly when I read it I refer to my parenting, but it is for all aspects of life.  As for how I treat my kids...I have not been patient, and many times not kind.  In life  I have acted unbecomingly and the last few years I have sought after my own.  I certainly have taken into account a wrong suffered and need to fix some things!

So, the bible gives us a very clear definition of what love is, and then it says this...

"But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13

Because the GREATEST of all those is LOVE!! 

I think I will take the kids to the pottery making place this week.  We will all do a mug, or a plaque to hang in the house with one of those verses on it.  I love verses hanging in my house.  We read them all the time and because of that, they are memorized and written on our hearts.

Just in those two verses, we have a lot of ponder and think about.  No if, ands or buts about it.  It lays it out doesn't it?? 

If we are a child of God, we will have the fruits of the spirit...the first one being love...

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23

Horses (living in the horse world) have been my idol the past 2 1/2 years.  I have been a slave to it.  It has been my life day in and day out.  I have spent countless hours at the barn and doing chores and hanging out and not nearly enough hours with my family.  There were a few things that happened and rightly so to help me see the light.  But as I had the whole morning, toting my kids around to appointments they should have had ages ago, I felt very content to be their mom.  This is so important.  I really want to put these verses into practice.  I want to really love.

I am so excited about my new journey.  God is moving, things are happening and changing.  I can't wait to see what he has to show me.  I am humbled to be His child.  Lots of things going on and I am very much freed up to work and help out with other people in so many ways.  So, some people may not like it, but whether or not they want to admit it, or hate the way it came about...this new chapter in life was ordained and I am excited to see His purpose!