"I hold to another perspective: The love of God has been poured out on us abundantly by his Spirit—gushing, running greedily out. When you love more, you love more. All my heart, soul, mind and strength are enlisted in this love, and it comes from a renewable source."
yes and amen.
I think the enemy of our souls wants to straitjacket us into doing nothing creative, saying nothing kind, notice nothing beautiful exactly because That is the Point--to honor God by pointing in His direction with the creating and the saying and the noticing. By lifting others up, by saying a kind word, by making something beautiful with our hands and on and on.
Sometimes when I see how profligate He is with things like maple seeds and dandelions, I wonder if He doesn't just take delight in this world in spite of its fallen-ness. And if He can celebrate, I can at least try. Thanks for sharing this.
"I hold to another perspective: The love of God has been poured out on us abundantly by his Spirit—gushing, running greedily out. When you love more, you love more. All my heart, soul, mind and strength are enlisted in this love, and it comes from a renewable source."
yes and amen.
I think the enemy of our souls wants to straitjacket us into doing nothing creative, saying nothing kind, notice nothing beautiful exactly because That is the Point--to honor God by pointing in His direction with the creating and the saying and the noticing. By lifting others up, by saying a kind word, by making something beautiful with our hands and on and on.
You are soooooo right, my friend.
Thank you, friend. Been struggling with
that straitjacket for sure.
Sometimes when I see how profligate He is with things like maple seeds and dandelions, I wonder if He doesn't just take delight in this world in spite of its fallen-ness. And if He can celebrate, I can at least try. Thanks for sharing this.
Absolutely. I love the Chesterton quote about God delighting in repetition, like a child. I think he delights in profligate excess, too.