We Are His Beloved

"His words wash over me like a gentle, warm summer breeze. He calls me his beloved. He tells me that He is mine and I am His. He tells me that nothing can separate me from Him. He promises that He will never leave me or forsake me. He claims me as His bride and offers Himself to me as the bridegroom. He assures me that my future is secure in his hands, that my heart is safe with Him and that He is ever faithful."

- A quote from A Love Story By Chrystie Cole on her blog Path From The Head To The Heart

Giving Is The Essence Of Love

"Giving, at its core, is the essence of love. You spell “love” G-I-V-E because that's what love’s all about. When you love someone you want to give to them. You can give without loving but you cannot love without giving. It is impossible to do that. You say you love God, then it’s going to show up in your generous lifestyle. I can claim to be a Christian, a follower of Christ. I can claim to love God. But the Bible says there is one way to really test the sincerity of your love. 2 Corinthians 8:7-8 says “But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us—see that you also excel in this grace of giving. I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.” God tests the sincerity of our love by looking at our giving."

- An excerpt from How Can We Express Our Love to God? by Kevin Martineau on his blog Shooting the Breeze

Love Like Coals

"Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable."

- Bruce Lee

The Rule of Love

"What I’d failed to realize was that I shouldn’t do those things NOT because of the consequences (because in all truth, much of our life is lived without physical consequences) but because doing what was wrong would break relationship with God, and then eventually others.

It was about relationship.  Not about the rules. Because in the right relationship a person doesn’t really need rules.

Let’s just call it the rule of Love.  Jesus called it the Greatest Commandment.

If I love God and if I’m concerned about my intimacy with Him, then the more I want to please Him.  The more my life will look like a person who is in Love with their Creator.  And the more I will live in ways that are righteous and are in line with what we consider “rules”.  I’ll need the rules less as a rigid law because I’m focused on pleasing Him (and running everything through that filter). I will begin to do those things naturally that bring me closer to Him."

- An excerpt from The Rule of Love by Sarah Markley on her blog The Best Days of My Life

Do You Care?

"People want to know how much you care, before they care about how much you know."