Comments on: Nothing but zeros? Put a 1 in front

By: Betsy de Cruz

Betsy de Cruz — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:15:45 +0000

What a powerful illustration, Lisa! O Lord, pour out your love over me and through me.

He always pours out that love, it’s me that sometimes blocks the overflow that should reach others.

By: Dianna

Dianna — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 13:42:39 +0000

There was a time when I did a lot of things with duty as my motivation and I know there are times when I still do, if I am really honest. But the more I am in His Word and stay focused on Him, the things I do I do for Him…which makes it easy to do out of love.

By: Barbara H.

Barbara H. — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 01:00:16 +0000

Interesting illustration! I am the same way – I’d rather operate from love, and I pray for that, but sometimes I have to start with duty. One former professor used to say, “Good feelings follow right action,” and I have found that to be true.

Sometimes, too, I wrestle with the fact that Biblical love is not a warm, fuzzy, feeling, but rather a self-sacrificing desire to do the best for the loved one, so does it really matter how I feel? But the first verses of I Cor. 13 talk about sacrifice without loving, so it’s not just the sacrifice of time, attention, goods, etc., that expresses love. I don’t have that all figured out yet. 🙂 But I do pray for right motives and a loving heart even if sometimes I have to “do” without feeling particularly loving. I liken it to a mom waking up at 2 a.m. to feed her baby. She may not be feeling very loving – she may feel more like a zombie — but the fact that she gets up anyway and tends to her child evidences her love.

By: Linda Stoll

Linda Stoll — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:57:26 +0000

Guilt is a lousy taskmaster, for sure.

Love lifts us high, lifts Him high.

That’s where I want to come from.

May this weekend refresh you, body and soul, dear Lisa. Hugs for ya’, too!

;-}

By: Andrew Budek-Schmeisser

Andrew Budek-Schmeisser — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:51:40 +0000

interesting how minds and events coincide

after 18 hours of unadulterated hell, which goes on, realized that does not matter how i feel

only that i did it

protect the weak, you dont have to love them, just be willing to die for them

sorry for awkward phrasing, trying to get this down befor e passing out again