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Accepting Embrace part 2

10/29/2015 11:45

Accepting someone--because you truly understand them--means there is no desire to change them. "God loves you just the way you are, but He loves you too much to leave you that way" doesn't even make sense. Either He loves you just the way you are OR He can't leave you that way. But this, I think,...

Accepting Embrace part 1

10/28/2015 10:47

I think the title of this Rant series is important. Because we're talking about "acceptance." But to me, acceptance is more than just tolerating something or someone. Acceptance--true acceptance that comes from true understanding--is an embrace. The same embrace, in fact, that Jesus wrapped us up...

Understanding part 5

10/27/2015 11:40

To be understood, accepted, and loved, I think, is the most basic human desire. It is the desire of our hearts. And it can only be "gotten" or satisfied, by delighting ourselves in the Lord. Because He IS love. He created us. He knows every part of us. God told Jeremiah, "I knew you before I formed...

Understanding part 4

10/26/2015 12:16

You can't love something you don't accept. And you can't accept something you don't understand. If we can stop looking AT each other and look IN each other we can connect on that love level. The deep calls out to the deep. We are all one body. The body of Christ. We are, in a very real sense, all...

Understanding part 3

10/25/2015 16:42

Is there anything worse than doing something from the goodness of your heart and being totally misunderstood? Someone thinking that your love has an agenda? Guys... love doesn't HAVE an agenda, love IS the agenda! I'm convinced that everything we do comes down to either one of two reasons: Either...

Understanding part 2

10/24/2015 12:18

"I understand." Besides, "I love you," I can't think of a more important phrase in the English language. (Maybe "I AM") But really I'm just saying the same thing over and over. Because love comes from understanding. Love comes from acceptance. And you can't accept something you don't understand....

Understanding part 1

10/23/2015 09:51

This goes right along with what I've been preaching lately. Which is why I'm Ranting it too. Guys, I don't preach and write because I have it all figured out. I preach and write IN ORDER to figure it all out. (Which is not to say that I'll ever figure it ALL out. But it's a quest for truth. A...

All About Love part 5

10/22/2015 09:16

If we could just get past all of the stuff we get stuck on and focus on what's really important, I think we would see the manifestation of the Kingdom. You know, the Kingdom that's within us. The Kingdom that we're already in. The Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of love. The realm where God (the King...

All About Love part 4

10/21/2015 11:56

I really can't think of anything else worth Ranting or preaching or talking about. What else matters? "The afterlife"? How about ETERNAL life. And if life is eternal then there really IS no "after" life. Because there's no end. There's just something different. Which is basically what 1 Corinthians...

All About Love part 3

10/20/2015 10:42

Love is what it's all about. It's what we crave. What we want. What we NEED. Love is the desire of our heart. And it's only by delighting ourselves in the Lord--who IS love--that we "get" it. Or, more accurately, RECEIVE it. Because we already have it. We ARE loved. What else could the God who is...

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