Monday, February 10, 2014

Thoughts for the week!

There are so many thoughts that have been running through my head this past week.  As a minister, I struggle to balance family life, ministry life, and life in general.  At times you feel like your right on course and then there are times that you feel like your missing the mark.  I'm sure more than once in our lives we all feel this way.  One of the things that God has been showing me this week is that it is not by my effort or strength that I succeed.  When I try to do it on my own I never succeed.  I can't be the father I need to be, I can't be the husband I need to be, I can't be the minister I need to be when I try to do it on my own.  But when I rest in Him and allow Him to renew my strength it's at that point that I succeed.

The underlying premise that fuels this success is Love.  Not love as the world defines it which is conditional love, but love as God defines it.  1 Corinthians 13:8 says it all, "Love never fails!"  People are going to disappoint, we are going to disappoint, life is going to be frustrating at times; but as we seek to balance family life, ministry life, and life in general we must ask God to continue to fill us with an overflowing supply of His love that never fails.  His love never fails!  And when we love with His love which is a love that is different from this world, we see God accomplish in us and through us things we never could imagine.  Simple but true!

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