Immutable Love

Immutable love. Steadfast. Unchanging. Not here today and gone tomorrow. Everlasting. Doesn't change with the times, the circumstances, the weather, or moods. How thankful I am that God's love towards us is steadfast. The love with which He sent His Son to die around 2000 years ago is still the same love He demonstrates today. Times change. People change. Circumstances change. Our locations and homes and work and family change. But God never changes. His love is so amazing. So wonderful. So awesomely demonstrated on the cross. He loved us while we were still sinners. He cares for us even more than He cares for the grasses of the field and the smallest of birds. His love is so vast it covers the deepest and darkest parts of our lives. No sin is beyond the reach of His redemption. No need is so trivial that He doesn't care. We can cast everything on Him because He loves us.

May I live in the light of this love. May my life be an outpouring of love towards others because God has poured out such love on me. As the moon reflects light from the sun, so may I reflect God's love to those around me.

May I never become immune to His love. May I never cease to marvel at His amazing immutable love.


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Wiersbe on Galatians

"When a Christian turns away from living by God’s grace, he must depend on his own power. This leads to failure and disappointment. This is what Paul meant by 'fallen from grace' (Gal. 5:4)—moving out of the sphere of grace and into the sphere of law, ceasing to depend on God’s resources and depending on our own resources."
(page 25, Kindle Edition)

"Certainly there is nothing wrong with obedience, fasting, or solemn times of spiritual worship, provided that the Holy Spirit does the motivating and the empowering. The flesh loves to boast about its religious achievements—how many prayers were offered, or how many gifts were given."
(page 75, Kindle Edition)

"It is not wrong to have standards in a church, but we should never think that the standards will make anybody spiritual, or that the keeping of the standards is an evidence of spirituality."
(page 123, Kindle Edition)

"Liberty + love = service to others. Liberty – love = license (slavery to sin)."
(page 129, Kindle Edition)

"The legalist might be able to boast that he is not guilty of adultery or murder (but see Matt. 5:21–32), but can anyone see the beautiful graces of the Spirit in his life?"
(page 134, Kindle Edition)

All quotes from Be Free by Warren Wiersbe.


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Marvelous Grace

Marvelous grace of our loving Lord,
grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt,
yonder on Calvary's mount out-poured,
there where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.

Grace, grace, God's grace,
grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
grace, grace, God's grace,
grace that is greater than all our sin.

Dark is the stain that we cannot hide,
what can avail to wash it away!
Look! there is flowing a crimson tide;
whiter than snow you may be today.

Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace,
freely bestowed on all who believe;
you that are longing to see his face,
will you this moment his grace receive?

Marvelous Grace by Julia H. Johnston


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Spine Labels - Set 6

spine labels
noun (plural) - a collection of odds and ends that are as random as reading spine labels in a bookstore

Keep Calm and Make Coffee

Bookcision to Export Your Kindle Highlights

Vintage Book dessert table

Literary party games

Let Your Dreams Take Flight

Airplane pushpins

Tea bag gift tags

Slipper pattern

USB mix tape

Baking with tea




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A Woman's Walk with God

I recently finished reading A Woman's Walk with God by Elizabeth George.
Here are some quotes that stood out to me.

"Love, joy, and peace are godly attitudes that enable us to handle the difficult circumstances of life. Patience, kindness, and goodness help us in our relationships with difficult people."
(page 79, Kindle Edition)

"Kindness means making life easier for others— not harder— just as Jesus makes your life and mine easier."
(page 98, Kindle Edition)

"Moses took it— and took it to God, appealing to God and waiting on Him to come to his rescue in these unjustified attacks."
(page 162, Kindle Edition)


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Knowing God's Love

As we grow in grace, as we draw nearer to God, we become more aware of our need for Him. Thus, our love grows. And our desire to sin lessens. "But our sinning is not about how much harder we try. It's about our relationship with our Father and His Son." (Kelly Minter, What Love Is, page 89)

As we know God more, our love for Him grows. And our love for others grows. "We can't separate loving others from our belief in Jesus. Both are intertwined. Our confession of Him will lead to action, and true love in action will result from our knowing Him. Belief without love can make you a Pharisee. Love without belief can make you a humanitarian. But if you have both, you're a child of God." (Kelly Minter, What Love Is, page 103)

We exist here, but here is not everything, and we should live in light of that. We've been touched by the eternal; therefore, the temporal has lost its sparkle. We have tasted better.

Out of the grace I have known flows the grace I show others. As I love others, I become a manifestation of God in their lives. Love the unlovely.

"Loving like Jesus loved means I'll sacrifice my personal comforts for another, I'll take on a friend's burden, forgive someone who betrayed me, feed a stranger, hold an orphan with a contagious bug, give my money away, pursue the person on the fringes of society - the one whose worldview and behavior are entirely different from mine." (Kelly Minter, What Love Is, page 118)


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