Kindness, at its core, is seeing others as God sees them, not in judgment but in love; seeing as our Father sees when He looks at each one of us. *** You have never looked in the eyes of someone who does not matter to God.Bill Hybels *** We all want to be seen ……
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Extending Kindness
We are children of the King. Kindness should not be a once-a-year thing. Kindness should be our default setting. *** He has showed you, O man, what is good;and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,and to walk humbly with your God?Micah 6:8 Revised Standard Version *** *** Unexpected kindness…
Random Acts of Kindness Day
Be Somebody who makes Everybody feel like a Somebody.Brad Montague *** Random Acts of Kindness Day, observed on February 17 each year, encourages people to perform unsolicited good deeds, like complimenting someone, helping a neighbor, or volunteering at a local charity. The goal is to make the world a better place through simple gestures and acts of…
On Valentine’s Day
The highest act of love is the giving of the best gift, and, if necessary, at the greatest cost, to the least deserving. That’s what God did. At the loss of His Son’s life to the totally underserving, God gave the best gift – the display of the glory of Christ who is the image…
Happy Valentine’s Day
Unfailing Love
O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive,so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.Psalm 86:5 NLT *** “There is a tremendous relief in knowing that [God’s] love to me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me, so that no discovery…
Astonishing Love
I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love.With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.Jeremiah 31:3 NLT *** The very fact that a holy, eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, merciful, fair, and just God loves you and me is nothing short of astonishing. Francis Chan *** God loves you unconditionally, as you are and…
Be Loved
But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me,and through each night I sing his songs,praying to God who gives me life.Psalm 42:8 NLT *** Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace.Thomas Merton *** O my Strength, to you I sing praises,for you, O God,…
The Sovereign God
“O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!Jeremiah 32:17 NLT *** “God is completely sovereign. God is infinite in wisdom. God is perfect in love. God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows…
Patience
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains all that it strives for. He who has God finds he lacks nothing; God alone suffices. St. Teresa de Cepeda (1515-1582), Spanish religious *** We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you…