Unconditional Love of a Mother

I was pondering this this morning. How the love of a mother to her children portrays Christ's love for his people. With mothers day coming up so soon. What must it have been like for Mary the mother of Jesus to watch her first born be rejected by his own people and killed? The Bible doesn't really say much about this which is a mystery in of itself. I was thinking about my mom and not matter what we have put her through she still loves us and has never stopped loving us. Just as Christ loves us no matter what we do. I always say that I have been twice blessed with two mothers. One who gave birth to me and one who raised me. Most people aren't that fortunate. Now I know that not every mother has unconditional love for her children but deep down she loves them. It amazes me how Christ can continually love me no matter what I have done or what I will do. It brings tears to my eyes. I can hope and pray that one day I get a chance to love my children the way God loves us. My hope is that everyone who reads this will come away blessed and the seed of Christ will be planted.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels but do not have love I have become a noisy gong or a clanging symbol. If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith as to remove mountains but do not have love I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor and if I surrender my body to be burned but do not have love it profits me nothing. Love is patient love is kind and is not jealous love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly it does not seek its own is not provoked does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things endures all things. Love never fails but if there are gifts of prophecy they will be done away, if there are tongues they will cease if there is knowledge it will be done away, For we know in part and prophecy in part,  but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. When I was a child i used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like  child; when I became a man I did away with childish things. For now we see in a mirror dimly but then face to face, now I know in part but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith hope and love abide these three but the greatest of these is love.

I Will Praise You In This Storm

I have always like the song by Casting Crowns. It has meant so much to me this past year. Through many struggles temptations snares and and a period of deadness in my walk with God. This time last year I was dealing with a heart breaking break up...as I look back on it I can not say that I completely understand why God allowed this to happen. I still struggle with the not knowing why I was taken through that trial. It was a beginning of a long road that led me to spiritual deadness. It's not as important to know why you are being lead through the storm but as to how you act while being led through the storm. To be able to praise God through a storm is a hard thing for some but easier for others. One of the first things that I have learned is to check your attitude,it is important to have a good attitude toward God in order for you to be able to hear what He has to say. When we focus on the storm its self then we loose sight of our Anchor. The next thing I have learned is to arm yourself with Scripture and hymns and prayers. I am thankful that most of the choruses that we sing at my church are scriptures I have been able to call to mind many verses I have memorized because we sing straight scripture. I am working on memorizing more verses. It is so important to be immersed in scripture, it is an important part of a christian's spiritual health. The third thing I have learned is not to get discouraged over the silence of God through life's storms..its a difficult thing for me to do because that is when I so desperately want to hear from Him. Sometimes God is waiting for our hearts to be ready to listen and to take what He says to heart. God never leads you through storms that you can not handle. He never leads you through storms without equipping you with the things you need to make it through. Finally He never ever makes you go through them alone. He is always there within reach. It is important to spend time in prayer with Him everyday all day long. I would like to encourage myself and my readers to have a healthy prayer life I think that it is so vital to our spiritual health. I hope that all of my readers have a blessed week.


1 Peter 5:7 cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.