I pulled this from some notes from IHOP. It's pretty much rocking my world right now:
D. “Everyman, Everyday Worship” According to this definition, every human being can worship God every day, all day long.
“I…have resolved to make the love of God the end of all my actions. I have been well satisfied with this single motive. I am pleased when I can take a straw from the ground simply for the love of God, seeking Him and nothing else – not even seeking His gifts.” – Brother Lawrence, Practicing His Presence.
E. Even if we don’t love what we do, we love who we are doing it for.
20"So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her." Genesis 29:20 (NKJV)
<interjection: what a love story....I want to watch a movie expound on that a little!>
F. Results: Even the mundane (1) becomes joy, presence, discovery of God; (2) intimacy, constant communion; (3) Power is released.
IV. GREATER LOVE
A. How did Jesus define love? Jesus defined the greatest possible expression of love as the laying down of our life for another.
13"Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends." John 15:13 (NKJV)
B. No one exemplifies this more than mothers. But most feel their offering is worthless, God is passing them by. It is the exact opposite.
who i am
- my name is heather.
- I like my life. I have an amazingly animated little boy, a precious darling baby girl and a husband who helped me make them, among the other wonderful things he does. My kitchen has a huge pantry. I like that. My sister committed suicide early 2008, you'll see several references to my journey grieving Amy here.
Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
-Mother Teresa
Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
-C.S. Lewis
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It started here....
with a kiss.
Enter ISAIAH!
And we make a fam-erly.
Enter Isaiah's hair....
It grew and grew. 10/07.
Summer 08
At the wise age of 19 months.
And now there is another baby...
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psalm 94.17-19
If the LORD had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18If I should say, "My foot has slipped,"
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up.
19When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your consolations delight my soul.
1 comment:
Thanks for the encouragement, Heather. It's hard to feel sometimes that what you're doing is important to God. While I'm not a mother yet, I tend to forget sometimes (especially recently) that even doing the dishes is valuable to Him.
So thank you for the reminder.
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