Cost of Love

Love does not exist without pain. People morn with those who morn. You feel their pain. If you never suffer, you never loved.

Where You're At

Embrace the season you are in. Many times we wish we were on the next season wishing this one was over. By living this way we wish our whole life away and miss every opportunity God gives us.

Ecclesiastes 3

A Time for Everything

1 There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:

2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

9 What does the worker gain from his toil? 10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.

Truth

Enjoy the little things- one day you'll look back and realize they're big things. From Jenni Weiss' blog.

Onward Christian Soldier

Soldiers make sacrifices. We are enlisted to Christ and serve Him only. We need to listen to orders. We will wrestle or nestle with God. When you stop having war your mind grows weak and wanders.
Need to remain alert. Soldiers stop fighting when their conviction for the cause has been lost.
We worship whatever we make the most sacrifices for.