You can’t give away something you don’t have.

This is chapter 2 in the book “reduce me to love”. I really like this chapter a lot! I have learned so much!! Here are some of my notes I got from the book. Enjoy!!

“~ Love has a beginning and a completion. First, God loves us, and by faith we recive His love. We then love ourselves in a balanced way, we give love back to God and we learn to love other people. Love must follow this course or it is not complete.

~ God’s love is unconditional; it is based on Him, not on us!

~ Once you realize that you are loved by God, not because of anything you are or anything you have done, then you can quit trying to deserve His love or earn his love and simply receive it and enjoy it.

~Start by confessing that God loves you. Say it out loud servral times a day when you are alone. Speak it out into the atmosphere and get used to hearing it – get comfortable with the though of it. Bask in His love, soak in it and let it aturate your soul – your thinking and emotions.  Imagine the gloy of it. “God loves me!”

~ Know the love of God…Ephesians 3: 17-19

~ Give away what you have…For much of our lives, we try to find happiness the wrong way. We attempt to find it in getting, but it is found in giving.

~ Generosity is love in action. Love is seen through edification and encouragement , patience, kindness, courtesy, humilty, unselfishness, good temper, gentelness (believing the best) and sincerity.

~ Little things mean a lot

~ Little things are often viewed as being insignificant, but in reality they are very important. Little things are the spices of life.

~ Love is the salt of life.  Read Matthew 5:13

~ Everyday can be exciting if we see ourselves as Gods secret agents, waiting in the shadows to sprinkle some salt on all the tastless lives we encounter. For example, we might see a woman behinda counter in a fast food resturant who looks unhappy, tired, and angry. A simple thing like saying, “your hair is really pretty”, can add flavor to her day.

~Love is an effort. Somtimes we allow ourselves to become lazy in dispersing this gift. “

Chapter 3 is about loving with words…I am excited about reading more; hope you are too!!

The Husband rants!

It’s been a while since the last post so I’m going to help out. I’ve been trying to keep on the up and up on the latest thing in spirituality. There seems to be a surge in nuanced biblical teachings. Now we know that these truths are timeless. We need to teach all peoples, faiths, etc, these truths. But there our teachings! Not the Unitarians, not the “Christudaahists”

Now don’t get me wrong there are some powerful pastors and leaders in the kingdom but they are far out numbered by old beginners. We need to be masters of the wisdom that GOD gives us, if your a follower of Christ and you can’t drop some knowledge on somebody and not be a hypocrite we’ve got a problem! I’m no bible scholar but I’m studying and know that I can run with the best of em. I don’t mean to be hard on people but, no, wait, yes I do. 

GOD bless.