spending some time at home today. found this new site www.godspeaks.net! boy does it rock. hahaha. found out that those postcard messages from God were from this ad campaign in usa :) cool stuff.
I love you. I love you. I love you.
In the course of a day we are likely to receive a lot of messages asking something of us. I want you! I need you! I own you! I can make you, or I can ruin you. They may not all be this blunt, but we get the message nonetheless. We hear messages which convey someone's opinion of us - some of these are harder to hear than others: You're good looking; you're dumb; you could go places; you'll never amount to anything; you're bad; you're good. Each one affects the way we see ourselves, and may or may not motivate us to try harder or be better
.
There are messages we long to hear: Will you marry me? Can you come work for us? I'm really sorry. Would you be my friend? How much do you need? I can't live without you. These messages talk to our craving to belong - telling us others want us around.
Ever wonder about the messages God sends? Perhaps some of us have been conditioned to think that messages from Heaven are harsh, accusatory, judgmental, and condemning. Do you think of God as a belligerent old man who eagerly waits for the next time He can strike out with a crabby word?
Basil Hume told of a day in his boyhood when his mother found him with his hand in the cookie jar. "God would be very angry to see you doing that," she shouted at him as she sent him to his room. Many years later when Hume was an older man and a spiritual leader to his nation, he said, "I have thought of that comment from my mother many times. I am not sure that when I get to Heaven, God will wink and ask why I didn't try to take two?"
There are many messages that God wishes to send people. The central, overarching theme of each one is love, spoken with such consistent force that to do it justice means repeating it three times, "I love you;" again, "I love you;" and again, "I love you." Do you get the message?
God says, "I love you," even when we have turned against Him. He means no ill will, and He seeks no vengeance when we play the rebel. If we suffer for our sins, it is because we have willfully rejected the blessings He offers when we embrace His ways. He always seeks our best; never our worst.
God says, "I love you," when we have hit the wall and are living with the consequences of bad judgment or the injustices of others. He seeks a way to break through in order to assure us of His comfort, and desire to empower us towards working things out.
God says, "I love you," when he calls us into personal relationship with him through Jesus, his Son. Jesus put it this way: "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." He desires to be with us, for eternity.
In a world which often asks everything of us, it is enticing to know there is a God who comes along side and emphatically says, "I love you, I love you, I love you," --unconditionally, fully, forever.
Isaiah 54:10 "' The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace.' So says the Lord who loves you."
I love you. I love you. I love you.
In the course of a day we are likely to receive a lot of messages asking something of us. I want you! I need you! I own you! I can make you, or I can ruin you. They may not all be this blunt, but we get the message nonetheless. We hear messages which convey someone's opinion of us - some of these are harder to hear than others: You're good looking; you're dumb; you could go places; you'll never amount to anything; you're bad; you're good. Each one affects the way we see ourselves, and may or may not motivate us to try harder or be better
.
There are messages we long to hear: Will you marry me? Can you come work for us? I'm really sorry. Would you be my friend? How much do you need? I can't live without you. These messages talk to our craving to belong - telling us others want us around.
Ever wonder about the messages God sends? Perhaps some of us have been conditioned to think that messages from Heaven are harsh, accusatory, judgmental, and condemning. Do you think of God as a belligerent old man who eagerly waits for the next time He can strike out with a crabby word?
Basil Hume told of a day in his boyhood when his mother found him with his hand in the cookie jar. "God would be very angry to see you doing that," she shouted at him as she sent him to his room. Many years later when Hume was an older man and a spiritual leader to his nation, he said, "I have thought of that comment from my mother many times. I am not sure that when I get to Heaven, God will wink and ask why I didn't try to take two?"
There are many messages that God wishes to send people. The central, overarching theme of each one is love, spoken with such consistent force that to do it justice means repeating it three times, "I love you;" again, "I love you;" and again, "I love you." Do you get the message?
God says, "I love you," even when we have turned against Him. He means no ill will, and He seeks no vengeance when we play the rebel. If we suffer for our sins, it is because we have willfully rejected the blessings He offers when we embrace His ways. He always seeks our best; never our worst.
God says, "I love you," when we have hit the wall and are living with the consequences of bad judgment or the injustices of others. He seeks a way to break through in order to assure us of His comfort, and desire to empower us towards working things out.
God says, "I love you," when he calls us into personal relationship with him through Jesus, his Son. Jesus put it this way: "God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." He desires to be with us, for eternity.
In a world which often asks everything of us, it is enticing to know there is a God who comes along side and emphatically says, "I love you, I love you, I love you," --unconditionally, fully, forever.
Isaiah 54:10 "' The mountains and hills may crumble, but my love for you will never end; I will keep forever my promise of peace.' So says the Lord who loves you."
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