LOVE INEXPLICABLE....

‘Grace and peace be yours…through the knowledge of…Jesus our Lord.’

2 Peter 1:2 NIV

If you think God’s love for you would be stronger if your faith was stronger, you are wrong. If you think His love would be deeper if your thoughts and actions were better, you are wrong again. Don’t confuse God’s love with people’s love. Their love increases with performance and decreases with mistakes. Not so with God’s love. He loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. Max Lucado writes: ‘When my daughter, Jenna, was a toddler, I used to take her to a park… One day as she was playing in a sandbox, an ice-cream salesman approached us. I purchased her a treat, and when I turned to give it to her, I saw her mouth was full of sand… Did I love her with dirt in her mouth? Absolutely. Was she any less my daughter with dirt in her mouth? Of course not. Was I going to allow her to keep the dirt in her mouth? No way. I carried her over to the water fountain and washed out her mouth. Why? Because I love her. God does the same for us. He holds us over the fountain. “Spit out the dirt, honey,” our Father urges. “I’ve got something better for you.” And so He cleanses us of filth: immorality, dishonesty, prejudice, bitterness, greed. We don’t enjoy the cleansing; sometimes we even opt for the dirt over the ice cream. “I can eat dirt if I want to!”… Which is true - we can. But if we do, the loss is ours. God has a better offer. He wants us to be just like Jesus.

(http://www.ucb.co.uk/word-for-today-23510.html)

THANKFUL

Being Thankful does not come from what we attain, it comes from a sense of contentment from the realisation of where we are, where we have come from, where we are headed to and the God who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ever ask or imagine.



I have got an amazing family anyone can think of, loads of acquaintances, a few people I can share my pain and shortcomings with, some others who have made me realise that we are all different and have varying opinions and I have no option but accept them just as they are, lots of people who look up to me and value my friendship to extents that leave me in awe, dreams that just keep coming and keep me going,  a relationship with God that always teaches me something new everyday, I cant name it all, but in one word I am indeed THANKFUL.

Look into yours too and you will be amazed at how much you have to be thankful for. Be grateful for the present, do not forget the lessons of the past and embrace the future with so much passion. Your best is yet to come.....

Have a fab week guys.....

EllyEleanor

Ordinary People -Tune Of The Day

Life becomes more beautiful when we begin to do the so called ordinary things in extra ordinary ways..... Enjoy today people cos it will never come again! Bless

Todays Tots...

“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'”-

 George Bernard Shaw, dramatist and literary critic

Understanding Seasons

…Don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work… James 1:4 TM Life is lived in seasons; if you don’t understand that, you’ll be constantly frustrated. Some seasons are for sowing, some for waiting and some for reaping. Sometimes you have a short, intense burst of growth followed by a longer period of stabilising and testing. ‘But what about my problems?’ you ask. Pray for a miracle, but don’t be disappointed if your answer comes through gradual change. Over time, a steady stream of water will erode the hardest rock and turn giant boulders into pebbles. You may feel frustrated with the pace of your progress, but God is never in a hurry. He took eighty years to prepare Moses, including forty in the wilderness. For 14,600 days Moses wondered, ‘Is it time yet?’ But God kept saying, ‘No’. Contrary to popular psychologists, quick-success seminars, and the ‘no-money-down’ guy on TV who made a fortune in property sales, there are no easy steps to maturity. When God makes a mushroom He does it overnight; when He makes a giant oak He takes a hundred years. God sets the schedule, not us. When you get discouraged about how far you still have to go, stop and look back at how far God has brought you. Weren’t there times when you just wanted to quit? Yet He never stopped loving you, believing in you and developing you. ‘If we are faithless, He remains faithful…’ (2 Timothy 2:13 NKJV). Years ago folks wore a popular button with the letters PBPGINFWMY (‘Please be patient, God is not finished with me yet’). And He’s not finished with you! (http://www.ucb.co.uk/word-for-today-23491.html)