Louder Than the Voices

So, we are to the final days of February already. This week we are going to be reminded of the Greatest Love of All....God's love for us. Ironically, as I was reading the "My Daily Bread" devotional yesterday, the scripture was from Isaiah 46. Verse 4 says: Even to your old age, I am He, A nd even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you. God is with us, he sustains us. That in itself shows his love for us but there are so many more things. Of course, the biggest one is the fact that He sent His Son to die for us. He sent His Son to die for ME. I was in a Bible study one time as the realization came to a friend of mine that if she and Jesus were the only 2 people on earth, he would have still went to the cross so she could live. It was a humbling experience for all of us. I think another very humbling experience was when Robert was born. I had been saved for many years but holding this tiny human being in my ...

So, if you are reading this on Saturday morning, I am actually on my way to Chicago for a girls day with 3 of my 4 best friends from high school. Since this month's devotions are on love, I thought I would explore the importance of our friends. Friends are a priceless gift from God. Friends that have known you your whole life just share a bond that can't easily be explained. I have shared before that my dad died young. My mom was 40 when she became a widow. She and my dad were inseparable and I though that was great when I was growing up; but when Dad died, it left Mom in a lonely state. When Andrew and I got married I was so shocked because she told me then: don't make the same mistake, you make time for your friends. I think we all went through those years of running after kids, and jobs and life to where it was harder to get together (We have 8 kids between the 5 of us) but now as the last of those kids are all seniors in high school this year, it is getting easier to sc...

As promised: These are all favorites, don't know that one outdoes the other. I decided to share a view of the video/ lyric videos, if you don't know the other ones, I believe they can all be found on youtube. NOW, I ask you to LEAVE YOUR FAVORITE IN THE COMMENTS . Happy Valentines Day! 1. The Captain and Tennille: The Wedding Song (There is Love) 2. Steven Curtis Chapman: I Will Be Here 3. Newsong: When God Made You 4. Dave Barnes: God Gave Me You 5. Michael W. Smith: I will Be Here for You 6. Casting Crowns: Wedding Day 7. Michael W. Smith: You Belong to Me 8. Selah: God Bless the Broken Road 9. Matthew West: When I Say I Do 10. Matthew West: The Day Before You

Okay, so this is probably the easiest devotional I have came up with yet. Basically because it has already been written. Straight from the Bible, I find it odd when people say the Bible is outdated, or that it can't address problems from today. The Bible is so many miracles in itself, and one of those miracles is it is still relevant after all these years.  God gave us a perfect roadmap for relationships. It is all right here, all together in 1 Corinthians 13.   If I speak in the tongues [ a ] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3  If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, [ b ] but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast...

Since this is the month of Valentine’s Day, I thought I would focus my devotionals on the voice in our heads regarding love. From “Why doesn’t anybody love me?” to “This wasn’t what I signed up for” and “Why am I a bum magnet?” Please remember, this is NOT an advice column and I am not pretending to know all the answers because when it comes to this topic, I probably have more questions for God than answers myself.   I’m just sharing different things I have learned in my own journey. This coming December, Andrew and I will be celebrating our 25 th wedding anniversary. I am so thankful to God for my husband. When I was younger, I dated several people, had a few long-term relationships and even spent 3 days engaged. I had this issue of wanting so badly to be in a relationship that I spent a lot of time trying to make square pegs fit into round holes. Some of these guys were seriously jerks (hence, the first person I ever called a bum magnet was yours truly), others were nice guys, ...