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17 Ways To Bless & Show Love To Your Children
It's Day 27 (can you believe it??) of 31 Days Of Loving God & Loving Others. We've discussed loving strangers, loving ourselves, loving our spouse, and today, we're sharing ideas of how to bless and show love to our children. Or, if you have children in your life...
When Our Love Falls Short
I did it again. Will I ever get this loving others thing down? I was selfish. My words weren't so kind. And the look I gave was worse. I didn't love in the way I wanted to be loved. Sometimes I try so hard, yet I still fail. I wish I could love like Jesus loved. Like...
How Do I Love My Enemies?
Love your enemies. Easier said than done for this girl. I have come to the realization I cannot love my enemies on my own. Yesterday we looked at what God says about this subject. God says we are to love our enemies. Period. With this, the "rule follower" in me comes...
Love Your Enemies
I've been putting off writing this post. I know it's going to challenge me... Challenge me to write it and to live it. But I guess a challenge can be a good thing, can't it? Challenges have a way of growing us, to move us beyond ourselves and our comfort zones, and to...
Love Yourself Enough To Forgive Yourself
We all mess up. We all make mistakes. It might be something we do, or something we say. It might be an accident, or something unintentional that's deemed "our fault." Or maybe it's a habit or struggle we keep giving into and just can't seem to rise above. I can still...
Talk To You Like You Love You
Sometimes our biggest critic is ourselves. "Seriously? Will you ever get it right?" "That was the most idiotic thing you ever said." "You really messed up this time." "You are such a dork for doing that." "How do you have any friends?" I've said my fair share of such...