Category Archives: love
Kissing Twisted Lips
God accommodates Himself to our ‘sickness’. We find that He has this beautiful quality about Him, that He becomes quite tender and gentle around any spiritual disease. In his book Mortal Lessons (Touchstone Books, 1987) physician Richard Selzer describes a scene in a hospital room after he had performed surgery on a young woman’s face: [...]
I Love the House! Psalm 84:1-4
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 2 I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God. 3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow builds her nest [...]
Let Him Take All
Jesus answered, ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. Matt. 22:37 Love is the exact thing God is looking for. It is the currency of Heaven. The Kingdom’s economy is ‘the gold standard’ of love. It’s the way business is done in eternity. Love! Without love, we [...]
Your Letter from Jesus
Letter From Jesus Dear Friend: How are you? I just had to send a note to tell you how much I love you and care about you. I saw you yesterday as you were talking with your friends. I waited all day hoping you would want to talk with Me also. As evening drew near, [...]
Insert Yourself into Position
Jacob’s well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime. John 4:6, NLT This is a remarkable account of Jesus’ humanity. He is very tired. He had been walking for a long time. It was hot and sticky, and He finds a cool place by an historic [...]
Looking at the Flip Side of Love
The other day Pastor Bryan posted an article titled “Making Some Sense of a Deep and Kind Love: 1 Corinthians 13.” It reminded me of a poem I recently wrote on my own blog, Linda Kruschke’s Blog. So I decided to offer it up here for your consideration. This poem was born as I [...]
Making Some Sense of a Deep and Kind Love: 1 Corinthians 13
Love. In the face of doctrine, creeds and faith systems…isn’t the important thing that we just love? Isn’t love the superior truth we should be after? _______________ 1 Corinthians 13, “The Message” The Way of Love ” 1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking [...]
A Grace Suitable for Sinners Like Me
Certainty and confidence should never become permanent fixtures in our lives. Yes, there are times of ebullient fortitude when everything just clicks, and we seem to be pretty victorious believers. But I assure you, this is only a temporary state. It isn’t the normal Christian life. And yet, we strive to make this consistency our [...]
Release the Perfume!
“Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices.” Song of Solomon 4:10 “When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume.” Luke 7:37 What about you? What precious perfume is locked inside [...]