How does #love begin? Someone has to #care! Who says, “I love you first?” The Bible tells us the truth..1John 4:19 ” We love GOD, because HE FIRST LOVED US” “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:16,17 This is the first scripture I memorized as a young girl attending church, but as I meditated on the words, God became real in my soul and I accepted Him into my heart as my LORD and Savior at the age of 9. Even at that young age I knew I was a sinner. and claimed God’s Word in Romans 5:8,9 “God commends HIS LOVE TOWARD US, in that WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS CHRIST DIED FOR US so now JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM.” I have felt His compassionate unfailing love through sickness, health, joy, sadness, success, and failures throughout my life with my Lord and Savior because THE LOVE OF GOD HAS BEEN PLACED IN MY HEART BY THE HOLY GHOST. (Rom.5:5) Through reading and listening to His Words, I have seen His working ( 5:11) “IF GOD SO LOVED US, WE OUGHT TO ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.” (16) “GOD IS LOVE; AND HE THAT DWELLS IN LOVE DWELLS IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM” This is the beginning and the end!

Do you have “the #ear” of the most important person in your life? I have observed many group gatherings where there is no interactions. Why? Most are all on their cell phones and never hear what is being said by the person talking in their group. Do you think GOD can hear you? With the internet connecting us around the world, do you think GOD has always had a instantaneous connection with each of us? I do! If you are not talking to the person next to you, how long has it been since you talked to GOD? “Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer, attend to my voice of supplication. In day of my trouble, I will call upon Thee and Thou will answer” Ps.86:6,7 How many of your calls are returned? Ps.10:17 “LORD Thou has heard the desire of the humble and will prepare their heart and will cause THY EAR TO HEAR” Ps.34:15 “THE EARS OF THE LORD ARE OPEN TO THE CRY OF THE RIGHTEOUS” Who do you want to be in your life? With whom do you want to converse? Do you love anyone? Who listens to you? Ps.116:1,2 “I LOVE THE LORD BECAUSE HE HAS HEARD MY VOICE AND MY SUPPLICATIONS AND BECAUSE HE HAS INCLINED HIS EAR UNTO ME, THEREFORE WILL I CALL UPON HIM AS LONG AS I LIVE.” Make the right call today!

“Who #said that?” is a phrase often repeated today. It seems everyone wants to repeat what was told them via a #friend, #enemy, #internet, or #news outlet. I am amazed at the distortion of verbiage. It reminds be of the whisper game where one person whispers a thought into the ear of the person next to him and then they pass it on from one to another. The last recipient then says aloud what he heard. The announced sentence was so distorted from the original that it seldom made sense. Sound familiar? This is why I turn to the Bible for truth which comes directly from His Word. Jesus said, “I have not spoken of myself; but the Father who sent me, He gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. I know that His commandment is life everlasting; whatsoever I speak even as the FATHER SAID UNTO ME, SO I SPEAK.” John 12:49,50 Are you listening? “COMFORT YOU MY PEOPLE, SAID THE LORD ” Is.40:1 How is this possible if you have not befriended Him? “We have seen strange things today…even a tax collector named Levi…and HE SAID UNTO HIM – FOLLOW ME” Luke 5:27 Who are you following now? Isaiah 66;23 lets us know God’s Words are true in the past, present, and future…”It shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another shall ALL FLESH COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE ME, SAID THE LORD” Be careful little ears what you hear!

“Boy, does she or he have a big #mouth!” Have you ever said that phrase or heard it #spoken about someone? I am appalled by the #garbage that is spewed out of the mouths of both men and women on TV and on line today! Gutter talk seems to get them the attention which they are craving and they think it makes them tough. Well, not only am I sickened and ashamed for them, but what does our Heavenly Father think about ‘your mouth’ when we are made in His image? In Deuteronomy 8 it is written that the Lord our God humbled the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness while observing their willingness to keep His laws and to teach them v.3″that man does not live by bread alone, but BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE LORD DOES MAN LIVE...6.therefore, keep the commandments of the LORD GOD, to walk in His ways and to respect Him” Do we show respect to anyone in authority today ? GOD shows love for us even while we are sinners. Is.53:9 “GOD made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death; because He had done no violence, NEITHER WAS ANY DECEIT IN HIS MOUTH” Our Living Savior, Jesus Christ humbled Himself to carry the burden of all our sins away forever if we turn to Him. “Repent, I will come quickly, and WILL FIGHT AGAINST THEM WITH THE SWORD OF MY MOUTH“ Rev.2:16 “The glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: FOR THE MOUTH OF THE LORD HAS SPOKEN IT…..the grass withers, the flower fades: but the word of our GOD shall stand forever.” Isaiah 40:5,8 My prayer: “May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer” Ps.19:14

Does GOD see ME? It seems to me that everyone wants to be noticed or seen, and some do not mind if it is for the wrong reason as long as they get attention! “Pretty is as Pretty does” was a phrase I heard as I was growing up. Today the phrase from a song seems to be in vogue…“Look at Me” I personally believe the breakdown of the family unit has given children less and less time and attention which leads them searching in all the wrong places. They know from technology that they can be seen in public places or walking down the street, or driving, or within their own home! What about GOD? “The EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH to show Himself strong in behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him,” 11Chron.16:9 GOD SEES AND KNOWS ALL..You have His attention. “The LORD LOOKS FROM HEAVEN” Ps.33:13 “The EYE OF THE LORD IS UPON THEM THAT FEAR HIM AND HOPE IN HIS MERCY” Ps.3318 What does He see in you? Where would He see you? Deuteronomy 32:10 tells us that Jacob was in a desolate place ..”The LORD found him in a desert land, a waste howling wilderness; God led him about. God instructed him and GOD KEPT HIM in the APPLE OF HIS EYE” You are seen as well wherever you are right now. “For the EYES OF THE LORD ARE OVER THE RIGHTEOUS and His ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the LORD is against them that do evil.” 1Peter3:12 Yes- the EYE OF THE LIVING GOD SEES YOU AND ME right now!