Facing Life' s Biggest Challenge; Love...

Life is full of test and disappointment,

frustration and disagreement,

but never justifies our rebellion to

the Giver of all we have...

So much more than meets the eye

is in the bud of bloom...

...in bud of day

in the bud of youth

Beloved, let us love one another, 

for love is of God;...

1 John 4:7

Let’s count our blessings, not our woes

Let’s love in spite of how life goes

For what good is all else we claim

If we put charity to shame

Let’s make the most of moment-gold

Poured, tick by tock into a mold

That we can never modify

No matter how hard we may try

Let’s live the first, Greatest Command

With humble heart and helping hand

Let’s pray while we traverse earth’s sod

And leave the details up to God

© Janet Martin

Luke 6:32-36

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? 

Even sinners love those who love them. 

 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? 

Even sinners do that. 

 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? 

Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 

 But love your enemies, do good to them, 

and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. 

Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, 

because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 

 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

A Call To Persevere...Jude 18-21

But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 

 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers 

who will follow their own ungodly desires.”  

These are the people who divide you, 

who follow mere natural instincts 

and do not have the Spirit.

 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith 

and praying in the Holy Spirit,  

keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ 

to bring you to eternal life.