too much thinking...

God has given us two commands that are the root of every other command....
LOVE GOD
LOVE OTHERS
Matt. 22:37-40

so here are my thoughts....

Why am I here?
What is God calling me to?
What does it mean to love God? 
What does it mean to love others?
Is love unconditional?
What does love mean?
Does love imply trust?
Should we always put ourselves on the line for the sake of others?
I mean, if we look at Christ's example.... He always put others first, he even put Judas first even when he knew that Judas would betray him.
If that's the case.... should we allow our heart to be trampled on and our trust to be broken for the sake of loving others?
Is that what community means?
How do we regain community?
What does community even look like?
How can we even have community with each other if we have no idea how to have community with God?

i don't even know.......... so please, feel free to leave your own questions, thoughts, responses... it would be nice to hear someone else's thoughts and not just my own :)

Psalm 36:5-9
“Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens,
   your faithfulness to the clouds.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
   your judgments are like the great deep;
   man and beast you save, O LORD.

How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
   The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
   and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
   in your light do we see light.”

How good it is to be hidden in the shadow of His wings…
to find refuge and rest in His arms.
How great is our God!
And how amazing His love!!

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two years today... i still remember.

"  love you... so does jesus"

some thoughts...

Lately, I’ve been learning that I care far too much for the world’s approval (mainly, how others view me)…

and this week I was overwhelmed and discouraged at the thought that no matter what I do…

I’m never going to please everyone.

(Silly thought, rather common sense… but I still seem to struggle so much with the idea.)

The only One I ought to be worried about pleasing is my Heavenly Father…

So, hopefully, over the next few months, there will be a marked difference in how I think, how I speak, and how I act… at least, this is my prayer and for what I strive…

…Jesus, be the center…

life is messy

life is messy.

we live somewhere between the overwhelming beauty God has created....

...and the mess that we people have made of His creation.

.... but somehow there's beauty in that too...

i guess i'm just restating the obvious which is found in scripture...
God made perfect
we screwed it up
God sets His plan to save the world in motion

and we live somewhere in between...
we are caught up in this flawed world
but we are striving...
against our sinful nature,
in hopes of bringing a piece of the world to come to where we are now

we are trying to love others....
people who are so amazingly and beautifully created but who are so sinful....
and we are so sinful too

so yes, life is just a big mess....
but it's a beautiful mess,
mainly becuase God is working...
in His creation
through us, His children
and for that we should be thankful