Pimp.. I mean pope my ride!

This made me laugh pretty hard!... thought i'd add it up here for a bit of amusement! :-)

What is God really saying?

Sometimes I wonder what God is saying, if he's actually speaking at all. You see, I'll pray about something (and sometimes for long periods of time!) and think i have an answer, a conviction about a certain situation, or a sense of peace about it. And that's all good for a while. Then a little while later, something happens that is completely the opposite of what I thought the answer was previously.

So then i wonder..... was it really God who spoke in the first place? Who gave me that 'sense of peace'.. was it a fake sense of peace? Was it just me hoping for the best.... was it my desires speaking? .... Who the heck was it?! and what's the go now?

I just wish sometimes the voice of God was clear..... and I knew beyond a doubt it was Him. Because the times that I thought it was Him, it turns out completely different, leaving me to question if it was really Him in the first place.

How do you tell the difference between what God wants and what you desire?

I'd really like a Moses style burning bush right now....

For Him Alone

Ness

Love.. The Problem and the Solution?

So we're back to the topic of Love..... and i'm not (for once) going to insert the sick bucket right here so i can puke in it.

I've been pondering on the idea of Love the last little while, and I've come to the conclusion that in this world, love is the problem, but love is also the solution. Allow me to explain.
Love is the problem. (WHAATT! i hear you say? how can it be a problem?) Well, here's my thought. Love causes people to hurt, it causes people to stay in relationships that they shouldn't because they love them. Girls are bashed by their boyfriends, but they stay in the relationship partly because they love the other person, the person that abuses them. Children are vulnerable to their parents, parents who love them. These parents who love them are also the same parents who abuse and neglect them. Families break down because they don't tell each other that deep down inside they do love each other....... Marriages fail because the love 'dies'.... need I say more?... Love seems to be the problem right here... because love can be misused and abused.
But you see, Love is also the solution. Love from God, and Love for each other. When we accept Gods love, things change in our life. God never promised that when we accept him that things are going to be easy, but the love he offers, by sending his son Jesus to die on a cross, is a love that will never fail us. God's love is perfect, and perfect love demands free will. Gods love is an everlasting love (Jeremiah 31:3).

How different would our world be if not only everyone accepted Gods love for themselves, but if people started loving each other... I mean REALLY loving each other. Doing things for each other. Watching out for each other. Helping each other out without wanting a reward. Serving each other wholeheartedly. Building each other up. How different would our world be if we really just started loving each other?

You see, I believe that if change is going to happen, Love is where it has to start. Because God loves us, we must love others. I mean why do you think Jesus said the greatest commandments were to

"37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' Matt 22:37-38

So, Love the Lord Your God... and Then Love Others... our love for God should compel us to love others.. and if it doesn't then what are we really doing?

Love may be a part of the problem... But Love is certainly a huge part of the solution.

For Him Alone
Ness :-)