Monday, November 13, 2006
camp's over.
awwww.
-in the un-sarcastic tone.HEH.
love until it hurts.
okay. i'm gonna sum up the stuff i've learnt.
it might seem random here and there-kinda hard to link it all up. but i'll try to. er yeah.
here goes.
God loves us SO MUCH.
and he doesnt care if we're worthy or not.
he loves us!
he put us here on earth, to love and be loved.
God is love.
his language is love.
and that is the purpose for which we live.
to love.
it is better to have been loved once, than to never have loved.
the love between Jesus and God was so strong and so significant, that it is a character of it's own, that is, the Holy Spirit.
It is everywhere.
it is already in us.
we just need to realise it.
and put the gifts God has given us to use.
We are never worthy, or up to the mark so dont waste time worrying about it.
god created each and everyone of us.
and he loves us just the way we are.
just the way we are.
just the way you are.
just the way I am.
sometimes, others just dont see us the way God made us.
and we think God has abandoned us.
But we dont realise.
God is everywhere.
we need to realise him in others.
through the love they give us.
love doesnt have to mean between say a husband and a wife.
having care for someone.
having concern.
is love.
sometimes.
many times, we dont realise love.
we dont understand that something as minor as caring for someone, being there for a friend through rough patches is love in itself.
He loved us so much.
He died for us.
Is that not the greatest example of love?
I asked Jesus, 'How much do you love me?'
He spread his arms out on the cross and replied, 'This much.'
PRIDE IN THE NAME OF LOVE.
We need to love others.
We should Love until it hurts.
and the prayer we said during camp, short but strong.
Lord, show me how to love, and who to love.
bro mike told us about this girl, who fell in love with this guy.but she didnt tell him that she had had an abortion when she was fifteen. since the abortion, she has recovered and in now in university.both the guy and the girl were at church camp,and they both loved each other.she felt she was not worthy of his love, because of her actions.she prayed to God for a sign, but nothing.she cried every night.it distressed the guy seeing her cry.as she was waiting to use the toilet, she heard something from the convo two girls were having while showering."What have you got to lose?"she went to the guy, and told him everything. and He cried.She loved him so much to the extent she got so worried about him not loving her because of her past.and you know what he said to her?i fell in love with you.not a fifteen year old.i love you for who you are NOW.I love you.SO SWEET.what a guy.can you imagine how the girl would've felt.the immense love.bring love to others, as God has brought love to you.
god is always loving.
let us not reject the love he gives us.
but receive it, and spread it with open hands and hearts.
in love, we learn to forgive.
'Bear with one another; forgive each other if one of you has a complaint against another. the Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same.' -Colossians 3
Things dont always go the way you want them to, as you should realise.
God has won the war for us. but there are still many battles to be fought.
What are you gonna do about these?
Draw strength through prayer to carry on.
we need to believe.
only when we believe.
can we truly experience God's love.
i believe you are the answer to every tear i've cried.
that when all my days are over, and when all my chores are through.
i amy see your risen glory. forever where you are.
and he rolls my sins away.
let us then share the love and peace of Christ.
As we approach our confirmation (which is this Sunday)
let us prepare to spread God's love. only then, can we appreciate it's abundance.
As the late Pope John Paul II said,
"Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. This is
not an old world dying, but the beginning of a new one."
sprinkled in glitter.
12:12 PM
