Dear Jen
Today is Mother's Day! Today is all about love, the simple most profound love we have ever felt, the love of a mother for a child. This week, I was with a NY friend who put it so plainly and so simply: Everyday is Mother's Day for me, what a gift it is to be a Mother! I agree wholeheartedly.
When you were in the hospital and when you got to bring Gigi home and when you cried and when you prayed and when you celebrated you did it all in Blind Whole Hearted LOVE! Your love for God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is breathtaking and seeing you (alas, via pictures for our distance is great now) be a mother is breathtaking, too! We have talked about FAITH and HOPE to no end on this Blog but today is special, today is all about LOVE, Blind everlasting LOVE~
This is taken from a teaching from One Bread, One Body:
"There is no limit to love's forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its
power to endure." —1 Corinthians 13:7
It's common for Scripture to talk about having faith without seeing. We
talk about "blind faith" and the leap of faith. "Faith is confident
assurance concerning what we hope for, and conviction about things we do
not see" (Heb 11:1). "We walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor 5:7). The
centurion had so much faith in Jesus' word of command that he didn't need
to see Jesus give the order to heal his servant (Lk 7:8, 10).
Scripture also talks about having hope without seeing. "Hope is not hope
if its object is seen; how is it possible for one to hope for what he
sees? And hoping for what we cannot see means awaiting it with patient
endurance" (Rm 8:24-25). Abraham hoped "against hope" (Rm 4:18), though he
could not see how God would give him a great inheritance (Heb 11:8ff).
We also have examples of love without seeing or "blind love" in Scripture:
the "patient" (1 Cor 13:4) love of a parent for a wayward, departed child
(Lk 15:13, 20), the ferocious, faithful love of Mary Magdalene for the
dead and buried Jesus (Jn 20:15), and God's love for us while we were
still sinners (Rm 5:8). However, the world doesn't recommend love without
seeing; instead it tells us to "love the one you're with," as the song
goes.
Are you called to pour out your heart in unseeing, unrequited love?
Ask Jesus to pour out His love in your heart (Rm 5:5). Blind love is
greater than blind faith and blind hope (1 Cor 13:13). There is no limit
to the power of your unrequited love to endure (1 Cor 13:7).
Prayer: Father, You are Love (1 Jn 4:8). May I continue to love for no
other reason than to imitate You.
Promise: "Love never fails." —1 Cor 13:8
Praise: Praise Jesus, Who not only conquered death and the tomb, but
ascended and sent the Spirit to teach and defend us.
Jen...go love those kids today, this of all days, the only must do: is loving God and the gift that he gave us, our kiddos! Miss you all! :)
Today is Mother's Day! Today is all about love, the simple most profound love we have ever felt, the love of a mother for a child. This week, I was with a NY friend who put it so plainly and so simply: Everyday is Mother's Day for me, what a gift it is to be a Mother! I agree wholeheartedly.
When you were in the hospital and when you got to bring Gigi home and when you cried and when you prayed and when you celebrated you did it all in Blind Whole Hearted LOVE! Your love for God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is breathtaking and seeing you (alas, via pictures for our distance is great now) be a mother is breathtaking, too! We have talked about FAITH and HOPE to no end on this Blog but today is special, today is all about LOVE, Blind everlasting LOVE~
This is taken from a teaching from One Bread, One Body:
"There is no limit to love's forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its
power to endure." —1 Corinthians 13:7
It's common for Scripture to talk about having faith without seeing. We
talk about "blind faith" and the leap of faith. "Faith is confident
assurance concerning what we hope for, and conviction about things we do
not see" (Heb 11:1). "We walk by faith, not by sight" (2 Cor 5:7). The
centurion had so much faith in Jesus' word of command that he didn't need
to see Jesus give the order to heal his servant (Lk 7:8, 10).
Scripture also talks about having hope without seeing. "Hope is not hope
if its object is seen; how is it possible for one to hope for what he
sees? And hoping for what we cannot see means awaiting it with patient
endurance" (Rm 8:24-25). Abraham hoped "against hope" (Rm 4:18), though he
could not see how God would give him a great inheritance (Heb 11:8ff).
We also have examples of love without seeing or "blind love" in Scripture:
the "patient" (1 Cor 13:4) love of a parent for a wayward, departed child
(Lk 15:13, 20), the ferocious, faithful love of Mary Magdalene for the
dead and buried Jesus (Jn 20:15), and God's love for us while we were
still sinners (Rm 5:8). However, the world doesn't recommend love without
seeing; instead it tells us to "love the one you're with," as the song
goes.
Are you called to pour out your heart in unseeing, unrequited love?
Ask Jesus to pour out His love in your heart (Rm 5:5). Blind love is
greater than blind faith and blind hope (1 Cor 13:13). There is no limit
to the power of your unrequited love to endure (1 Cor 13:7).
Prayer: Father, You are Love (1 Jn 4:8). May I continue to love for no
other reason than to imitate You.
Promise: "Love never fails." —1 Cor 13:8
Praise: Praise Jesus, Who not only conquered death and the tomb, but
ascended and sent the Spirit to teach and defend us.
Jen...go love those kids today, this of all days, the only must do: is loving God and the gift that he gave us, our kiddos! Miss you all! :)
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