Your Love is Strong

I've been writing a lot and just not on here. I've typed a few sad entries in the past few days and it just won't come into completion. I think it's better to just not post them since it's incomplete and I didn't want to go back to that state again. My nasolacrimal ducts are dry now. The days come by and life goes on.

Let's see. Love. It's been the topic of the past few 2 weeks for me. I've studied it, preached it, and showed it. It's a daily thing that's happening, love is. I taught at the Station last week about love and how it matters. That was actually fun. It was never about romantic love. It's always been the love from God and our love for him and others. Just like what Jesus told his disciples in Matthew 22:36-40. Love was the greatest commandment of all. Out of tens and thousands of laws that they had to obey, these were the two that they had to just remember the most.

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

Also, I've been on this rampage of just drowning myself by watching movies that are keen to the women. I'm on this weird mode where I'm learning how to become an authentic Christian man, but also interested on what an authentic Christian woman is like. I think it goes both ways. I'm not even getting started about talking about relationships between men and women. That may come Valentines Day, since there isn't really anyone to be treated special on that day for me. But see Valentines Day isn't even suppose to be for people who have intimate relations. Sure it was made for that day, but its also a reminder that Love is present. We're not suppose to be reminded to buy our significant other flowers or to treat each other special. That should be daily factor. It doesn't have to be flowers or such, but to show that we appreciate that person everyday is a great start. I'm on 31 chick flicks out of the year, I've made a list in alphabetical order. There's a lot more to see. I can only handle whatever the number of movie totals by the end of they year. The goal was 300, but that may be pushing it.

Love! I love that word. Its' something that should be practiced everyday. Actions speak louder than words. God didn't have to tell Adam that he loves him in the beginning. He just made Adam and Eve last. He created light, the earth, water, animals, and plants before, so that Adam and Eve can live a good life. God is so generous! From the stories of Abraham, to David, to Noah, to Jesus these just show how much God loves us. Love has to happen first before anything else. We can't have faith w/o love. We can't evangelize w/o love. We can't be educated w/o love. We can't have any accomplishment w/o love. Love is the greatest! Just read 1st Corinthians 13.

The song "Your Love is Strong" made me just think about God's love. Even though life can sometimes be a distraction. It's what happens when love is around- life. I won't be here without love. I won't be this awesome w/o love. I won't have people around me w/o love. I know that sometimes people can fake love. But who cares... I don't. That's their conscience. God can work on that. I'm just going to do what I'm commanded to do and that it to show love to my neighbors even if they have forsaken me. It's fine. I still love them. Now, is forgiveness and love the same thing? I'm not sure. You can't forgive w/o love, but you can love w/o forgiving. It's a little different I guess. But for now the focus is love. love. It's amazing! It's the best feeling to be in it to be the giver or the receiver of it.

God's love is so strong. Just like the song says. God knows what I need, so why worry? I don't know. I'm not really the worried type, but I have been recently. I'm worried that I'm going to miss something exciting. I'm worried that I'm not doing a good job. I'm worried that I'm not good enough. I'm worried that I have nobody around me. I'm worried that nobody really cares. But why worry? I got my eyes fixed on Jesus, but it doesn't really help when I see destruction, I hear frustration, I feel cold, I taste bitterness, and I smell trouble. The Holy Spirit's been working in my soul and just grinding it to an extent where sometimes I want to work myself up too hard. It's a weird feeling when you just start driving quietly and you start thinking and you start praying and you just start crying and you don't even know where you're going. It's kind of fun, but also kind of sad. Oh maybe it's just me...

I'd rather be sad and be with the Lord, than be happy and not be. That doesn't make sense. I should be happy with the Lord. I am happy. I usually am. I just feel a lot of baggage on my shoulders. A lot of bags under my eyes because of me writing right now and just mumbling words out of my mouth and singing to songs that hits my core. I should restate that statement that says I'd rather be miserable and be with the Lord, than be pleasant and not be. It's okay. Life is great! It's a race and this race just started its incline. I just got a little ahead and started running it, and now I'm tired. Gotta get back into the pace that God has planned. I know he's watching and I know he's there because he loves me and I love him. That's all that matters. :)

Your Love is Strong

-Jon Foreman

Heavenly Father
You always amaze me
Let your kingdom come
In my world and in my life
You give me the food I need
To live through the day
And forgive me as I forgive
The people that wronged me
Lead me far from temptation
Deliver me from the evil one

I look out the window
The birds are composing
Not a note is out of tune
Or out of place
I look at the meadow
And stare at the flowers
Better dressed than any girl
On her wedding day

So why do I worry?
Why do I freak out?
God knows what I need
You know what I need

Chorus (3x):
Your love is
Your love is
Your love is strong

The kingdom of the heavens
Is now advancing
Invade this broken town
The kingdom of the heavens
Is buried treasure
Will you sell yourself
To buy the one you've found?

Two things you told me
That you are strong
And you love me
Yes, you love me

(Chorus 3x)

Our God in heaven
Hallowed be
Thy name above all names
Your kingdom come
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us today our daily bread
Forgive us wicked sinners
Lead us far away from our vices
And deliver us from these prisons