Can you feel it?

It's seems as though there is excitement in the air. I love new things. Spring, new clothes, new ideas, new knowledge, visiting new places, babies. I am enjoying the new robins growing in the nest on my down spout. I am waiting for the new kill dear to be hatched outside the church office window. I am excited about the new babies born to members of our church and am excited about meeting them. I am also looking forward to the new pastors we are going to hire and of course the new building we are going to build. I also love new attitudes! Anyway can you feel it?

M & M's

Here is something that I found to be fun. Besides I love M&M's. Check out the web site, you may want to become an M & M too.

Love

Love has been on my mind a lot lately.
This is one of my favorite quotes.
Max Lucado wrote it.

God's love never ceases.
Never.
Though we spurn him.
Ignore him.
Reject him.
Despise him.
Disobey him.
He will not change.
Our evil cannot diminish his love.
Our goodness cannot increase it.
Our faith does not earn it
anymore than our stupidity jeopardizes it.
God doesn't love us less if we fail or more if we succeed.
God's Love Never Ceases.

I pray that today you will feel loved by the Father as you never have before.

Longings

Sometimes I long for His presence. This expresses my heart tonight.
Psalm 63:1 -7
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.

Nice or not so nice

There are times when I just don't have anything worth saying. So as my mother says, if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. I often think of sayings like this and wonder what would God say about this. He often had his prophets say things that weren't "nice" but were for the good of a group of people. He also sent John the Baptist out to say repent and be baptized not a nice thing to hear. Sometimes we need to hear things that aren't nice because in the end they make us better. If when we hear things about ourselves that are not so nice maybe we should consider if they are for our good or the good of a group of people and allow them to make us better.