Archive for the 'Love' Category
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Love and Desire
If you asked twenty good men to-day what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love. You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is […]
Published by AP on February 3rd, 2008 tagged Love, Spiritual Formation, Quotes, Abundant Life | 2 Comments »
Love Conquers All
“I heard two soldiers talking
as they came down the hill.
The somber hill of Calvary
bleak and black and still
and one said, ‘The night is late,
these thieves take long to die.’
and one said, ‘I’m sore afraid
and yet I don’t know why.’
I heard two women weeping
as down the hill they came
and one was like a broken rose
and one […]
Published by the tattooed poet on April 6th, 2007 tagged Worship, Love, Poetry | Comment now »
“If You Are Missing Baby Jesus, Call 7162″
from Christmas With TheFamily.org - written by Jean Gietzen
When I was a child my father worked for an oil company in North Dakota. The company moved him around to different parts of the state, and at some point between one move and another, we lost our family Nativity set. Shortly before Christmas in 1943, my […]
Published by the tattooed poet on December 15th, 2006 tagged Love, Spiritual Formation, Christmas | 2 Comments »
What God Does
Who am I to question the outcome? What God does is good.
Who am I to fear the future? What God does is always now.
Who am I to regret the past? What God does is forgive.
Who am I to worry about circumstances? What God does is honorable.
Who am I to hold unforgiveness? What God does is […]
Published by the tattooed poet on August 3rd, 2006 tagged Healthy Living, Love, Spiritual Formation | 1 Comment »
The Journey
author unknown…
I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day. As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town, was a man who appeared to be carrying […]
Published by AP on July 11th, 2006 tagged Love, Prayer, Mystical | Comment now »
His eyes tell us what our hearts cannot believe…
Loy Mershimer posted this yesterday. I think it is a beautiful expression of The One Who Knows Us Best, and so I reprint it here for you today. Be sure to let Loy know how much you appreciate this.
The one who knows us best…
…loves us the most
Jesus didn’t reply to the men, but rather stooped […]
Published by AP on April 26th, 2006 tagged Fellowship, Love, Spiritual Formation | Comment now »
Treasure
You’ve probably seen this story before, but it’s a good one that is worth repeating….
The cheerful little girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them, a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box.
“Oh mommy please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, […]