Gracefully Designed Life — Love RSS

  I am sure that everybody knows the history of Valentine's Day and has heard all of the legendary stories of Cupid or Eros or whatever you want to call him. So today, instead of all of that, I thought it would be a welcomed change to talk about the different forms of love mentioned in the Bible. The English language is so limiting that when we tell someone we love them, we have to add adjectives to describe the degree and an adverb to describe the quality (ex. "I truly love you very much). The Greeks had an entirely separate word for each degree and quality of love, so there is no fluff and filler to the expression.  ...

I found this in my journal this morning. I am not sure where or who it came from, but this is speaking directly to me on this first day of February.  January was a brutal month for me personally. What I have learned is that strong faith is truly a firm foundation. I learned that I am not as fragile as I thought. I learned that Romans 5: 3-5 is absolutely true and through trials God develops our character. I am thankful that my hope is in the Lord and that hope does not put me to shame "because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirt." When you find yourself of the other side of...