A Real, Personal, and Practical Relationship

When you hear the word "love," what do you associate it with? A person, a place, or a thing?
Most of us do. I've recently looked at "love" in a whole new light; God's light.
You hear it said, "Jesus loves you," "God is love," or "no matter what you've done, Jesus loves you." But my question to you now is, do you love Him? Do you know Him?
I am involved in my church wide "Experiencing God" series until November. Recently, I had the opportunity to examine my own real, personal, and practical relationship with the Creator of Heaven and Earth. I had an "ah-ha" moment when I read: "Love must be real and personal.  A person cannot love without someone to love. A love relationship with God takes place between two persons."You may think that this is elementary 101 in relationships. Well, for me I didn't look at my love for God or His love for me as a "love-relationship."
You read questionnaires that ask "Are you in a relationship?" What is the first thing that comes to your mind? A boy or a girl physically on earth, right?  What if you are not in a "physical" relationship, but a Spiritual one? Does that count? To me it does.
At the moment I read that statement, I felt a since of peace. I felt good in my own skin. You see, I always thought that I had to have a man in my life. I thought I was defined by a relationship with another human being. Those three sentences spoke volumes to me. I do not have to have a physical relationship, I am in a Spiritual relationship and I love it.
I surrendered that day to the Lord completely. I didn't and I don't want to hold anything back from my real, personal, practical, and now progressive relationship with God Almighty. I began to experience life in a whole new way. God has begun to restore to me what the locusts have eaten.
I know that a relationship with God Almighty is more important than a relationship with a man on earth. My focus changed from searching for a "man" in my life to "God is love" in my life.  What I have learned the most is that God is an EXTREMELY realistic and absolutely loving, forgiving, and personal God.
I am so in love with Him that I am floating on clouds. I can feel His arms wrapped around me, I can feel Him kiss me on the cheek, and I KNOW that He walks next to me. We laugh, talk, eat a meal together, and He showers me with His love through other people. I have experienced Him saying "I see you and I have heard you." " I know the depths of your heart's desire and I want to give you MY Best."
The best way I know how to describe God's best is that you and I think that Wonderland at Disney is God's Best when His Best is the whole Disney World.  The funny thing is that HE CAN if He wants to give us Disney World.
If you have children, grandchildren, or nieces,/nephews don't you want to give them your best?  Are you going to give them a stone when they ask for bread? Are you going to give them a snake when they ask for fish? No you will want to give them the best bread and the best fish.

God gave you His Best already, His only Son Jesus. Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pilate the Governor, was crucified, dead and buried. On the third day, He rose from the grave, ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
He was bruised and beaten beyond recognition because of  your sins. Man, God loves you with a love that is indescribable. He loves ME with a love that is unimaginable and He loves US AS WE ARE.

I encourage you today, choose a life of LOVE with a God that LOVES YOU So very much.
~Marjorie

I am so in love that my heart melts like chocolate under a light flame. Hmmmm. I hope you choose to experience this kind of love too.

Focus

What is your focus on today? The troubles of your life, the wrong actions of someone else, the nasty fight you had with a friend or family member, or the fear of the unknown of today?
These things mentioned probably leave you feeling despaired, lonely, angry, hurt, tormented, frustrated, weak, worthless, hopeless, and down right nasty.  Why? Do you want to feel these things?
Just writing these words I felt my body tense up, I desired to grind my teeth, and squint my face. YUCK! That doesn't feel good, so why would you want to feel that or even do that.
A soft rose petal, the smell of a sweet fragrant perfume, chocolate, a cruise ship, smooth waters on a lake, a sunrise and a sunset, love, silk and satin, a warm blanket, scents of wood, clean air, fresh cut grass. AHHH! Now that is more like it. I feel relaxed, a smile came upon my face, and the list was longer.
There is a lot more to life that we live. Your choice, your battle between your ears is yours, I hope your choices make you feel warm and fuzzy inside instead of walking around with your panties in a wad; nasty.
What do you love? I didn't ask "who" do you love. I asked you what do you love? Do you love food? Do you love a nice ride on a sunny afternoon in a car or on a bike?  Why do you love it? My guess is that it makes you feel good in some way, shape, or form.
How did you get to know that you love it? Did you spend time doing it? Did someone introduce you to it?
Maybe it was from something that happened when you were a kid.
Falling in love is powerful. Life is that dance we do in the space between "making it happen" and "letting it happen."
So now what is your focus on? Perhaps being the bigger person (not the better person) saying "I'm sorry for ________" in that argument you recently had, maybe re-focusing on your blessings (gifts) from Father God that loves you more than stuff or anything you could ever do. Instead of being in fear of the unknown, maybe you could have "faith" that you are about to walk into a huge blessing and you're out there looking for that blessing. What you think about, you bring about. What are you focused on?

Just when you think Jesus Christ isn't in your life, boom there He is; ever present. What are you focused on today? Death or Life?  I encourage you to chose life.

"Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence O Lord.
They rejoice in your name all day long; they exult in your righteousness."

God is LOVE; choose the Love of Jesus Christ. It will change your life forever. 

Satan is DEATH; your panties in a wad is just plain nasty.

~Marjorie