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Ten Ways to Love: #7 & 8: Enjoy and Trust

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This is the forth post in a series I'm writing, called Ten Ways to Love . To read the other parts of the series go HERE. #7 - Enjoy: "Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life." (Philippians 2:14-1 5 ) God spoke here about enjoying a loving, godly relation hi p with those He places in our live s. It would only seem right to do this without complaining . But, who of us hasn't complained about the peop le we relate with on different occasions , in one way or another ? I really like the p hrase, "then you will shine among the stars." When we build others up , inst ead of grumbling, th ose around us can see God's light shining through us ! #8 - Trust:   " Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protec...

One More Week!!!

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   One more week till it's March! I am so glad that February is a short month! It would be so much more difficult for me to get through this cold, dreary month if it were any longer than it is!    It also has been a week of many challenges. (Didn't I just say that last week, too?) We have been helping our son look for a job and housing, as he wants to move out on his own. But we haven't had much success with either, so far.  Then, on Tuesday he got laid off of his current job. (There was word that they could be laying workers off, but we didn't think it would be this soon.) So, we now need put the job search in full speed.  The weather has been cold, dreary, with icy roads. So, going out is also a challenge. I haven't posted on my blog all week, as I'm struggling to be motivated and write.  Today, I've decided to take a break from writing on my series, "Ten Ways to Love" and I'm trying to be positive about the weather and ci...