Reflection: Love: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

 Reflection Questions

        1. When have you questioned the Lord's ongoing love for you? Why?

        2. How has it been difficult to consider love towards someone who has been harsh to you, or been a danger to you?

        3. When you have doubted the Lord's love have you lost hope?

Share: How have you found a way to extend to others by the Spirit's leading?

Love: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

Reading: 1st John 4:7-9: " Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him."

Love

We may never understand the pouring out of Your love and grace to each one of us.

Without Your love there is no hope.

Walking into Your mercy is the only way our hearts and souls can follow You and then extend Your love to others as Your Spirit guides each one of us. Personally.

Whatever form You choose to guide us brings healing and forgiveness and love eternal.

With each day we can seek fresh vision and courage to step into this Eternal ground and on Your priorities.

Whether we realize or not--may we walk with You forever?

Your thoughts, 

Loyal: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

                Loyal

                His love on solid ground 

                always ready--never empty

                yet too many lies within

                our thoughts or actions

                by others built barriers

                against trust and hope

                pulling us away except

                He stands firm to love us,

                lives within us, loyal forever.

                His Eternal solid ground.

Psalm 107:18: "Their soul abhorred all kinds of food; And they grew near to the gates of death."