I know I haven't written in a while. Once you take a break from something ... even if it's a good for you something ... and even if you are thinking you will take a break only for a day or a couple of days ... it's easy for it to turn into a week and then two weeks and then a month ... and before you know it, you don't even think about that good something anymore and the thought of starting up again, starting over seems daunting.Well, I am starting over today. Why today? Because Farrell Mason wrote a post today that reminded me of what our lives are about ... following Jesus and loving as He loves us. Yes, loves ... present continual tense. Never stopping. Never giving up. Present continual.
I read her post right after our morning devotions here at HoneyRock where we prayed Philippians 1 over the new folk joining us today. We prayed "that your (their) love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you (they) may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God." - Phillippians 1:9-11
Think about that prayer of Paul for the Phillippians as you read Farrell's post ... and then "walk in love as Christ loves us".
Lessons from a Funeral, Farrell Mason
