Breakfast For Your Soul

November 5, 2009

For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” [ Lev 19:18.]

[Galatians 5:14]

Do You Know and Love You?

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If I live to be a hundred
And never see the seven wonders
That’ll be alright
Should my tender heart be broken
I will cry those teardrops knowing…
I will be just fine
‘Cause nothing changes who I am
I am Rosemary’s grand-daughter
The spitting image of my father
And when the day is done…
My momma’s still my biggest fan
Sometimes I’m clueless and I’m clumsy
But I’ve got friends that love me
And they know just where I stand
It’s all a part of me
And that’s who I am
That’s who I am

(Sue Thomas, FBI Theme song)

Good Afternoon Beloved,

You may think, “man, that sure is a strange way to open a Christian devotion”.  I was in another room, when the show came on, and I thought, “wow, I could have written that song describing myself.  The only difference is my grandma’s name was “Ms. El-nore”.. and all my friends and kinfolk say, “AMEN”.  Self love has been stretched to un-Godly limits these days.  Some people are a little “too” in love with themselves.  There are some who are so self absorbed that the only time they do something for someone else is when it benefits them in some sort of way.  That is off-balanced and so not cute.  God’s Word is not talking about that kind of ‘me-me-me-me-me’ism’.  The Bible is balanced.  God knows that we can’t really love if our love tank is on ‘E’.  Ever met someone whose was running a little low in the love department?  How they feel about themselves (good or bad) will seep into every facet of their life.  It will affect how they treat their family, friends, church members, co-workers, even random people on the street.  For the child of God, it can be an even greater detriment. How many times have you heard of folks leaving, not only the church, but God Himself because of their encounters with loveless, bitter, angry saints.  Something is wrong somewhere and as we take inventory of our life we need to find out what it is.  Some people were told by people who held influence over them, (parents, “friends”, spouses) that they were no good, pitiful, stupid, ugly and that nobody would ever love or want them etc… etc…  Somewhere along the line they received those “death words” in their hearts, digested them, and they became a part of their everyday life.  We may have entered into the fall season, but it’s never too late to do a little “spring cleaning”.  Get rid of all that junk.  You are “fearfully and wonderfully made”.  We all came here with a crazy sin-nature, but we have a new nature now.  God loved you so much that He sent Jesus to die and if you were the only person on the planet that ever accepted Him, He would have still done it.

…. Now THAT Beloved is shoutin’ Good News!

U Blessed!

Have A Fabulous Evening

Regina

“I Like Me”, Kirk Franklin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wneWvEWMKs

“Son of Man”, Tye Tribbett w/Mali Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdu7fb0g6Mo

“Set Me Free”, Myron Butler & Levi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqikzIDqNAQ

“Lead Me Jesus”, Greg O’Quin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=896ZBM-GA9c