This is a good thing.  Had we not been able to change when our circumstances changed  or as we changed in the aging process, possibly our true love would have been choked and died.  But because of all the changes that we have experienced through our life,  it has caused our love to blossom into a mature emotion that defines True Love at its best.

I have been reading through the “Happiness Project” with daughters and granddaughter.  We are discussing the chapter on marriage.  I wanted to skip that chapter as I figured I must know it all by now. BUT, no I thought maybe my experience would be a help to them.  Well, the growing never stops – I am leavening so much more about myself and my contribution to a happy marriage and keeping true love alive than I imagined.

I thank the Lord for the years He has given me and the experiences that have brought me to this day and made me into the woman He is trying to fulfill in me.

True love does exist – if you have found it – don’t smother it – just flow with it and adapt, adapt and welcome changes and let it blossom into something beautiful.

For Al and I the key element to weathering the storms and keeping true love alive has been our inclusion of God in the partnership.  He Is the boss and we follow His directions as much as possible. “A threefold cord is not quickly broken”

Ecclesiastes 4:12b

We are told that a nutritious breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  It is necessary to get our metabolism functioning and supply nutrients for the days activities.

They tell us that if we don’t eat breakfast our body goes into a negative energy supply and it is hard to maintain throughout the day.

This is an important thought to me because I see the parallel to supplying our spirit with the energy to meet the demands of the day.  Of course, to the believer, that food source is God’s word.  As we read it it feeds our soul and we have the spiritual energy to cope with the days demands. How does this happen.  Scripture tells us that God’s word is alive.  As it is fed to you through your eyes or ears you are taking in spiritual life.   There really is no substitute for growth of the spiritual life.  We can listen to many speakers, read many Christian books, but this does not substitute for God’s direct word.  As good as much of the reading and listening to excellent teachers of the word is – that is GOd’s word filtered through someone else.  Go directly to the source for you strength for the day, wisdom, guidance, encouragement, self adjustment.

Do you feel spiritually malnourished, lacking spiritual energy, enthusiasm, direction, confidence, power for living? The Great Physician has a prescription for you; A healthy dose in the morning of God’s word.

Psalm 119:11

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11 Your word I have hidden in my heart,
That I might not sin against You.

Psalm 119:16

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16 I will delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.

Colossians 3:16

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16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Hebrews 4:12

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12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

1 John 2:5

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5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

Psalm 119:133

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133 Direct my steps by Your word,
And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Do you ever feel as though you are standing on a hill of sand.  Do you see yourself standing and slowly sinking as the sand seeps in between you toes and you begin to those your balance.  Are you a victim of the shifting sands in your life that keep throwing you off balance.

When we think as the current world thinks and sees things in a contemporary view of  the American lifestyle – or even the American Christian lifestyle – those sands keep shifting.  Do you long for a stable piece of land that does not shift – where you can maintain your balance .

I have really good news for you.  I have a little piece of property that is not for sale but I know the owner and He will gladly let you occupy it.  This piece of land is as solid as a rock right to the core.  It won’t matter how the wind blows – even a flood will not wash it away.  Here is the address:  It is found in the Bible .

For who is God except the Lord?
Who but our God is a solid rock?”2 Sam 22:32

“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Matthew 7:23-25

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Recently I have experienced such expression of God’s love toward me and it warmed my spirit, renewed my strength, filled my with indescribable joy.  It made me so aware of what a gift we have to give – that of being an “expression of God’s love”.

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Merry Christmas  - Celebrate this magnificent gift – the author of all that matters in this life.  Al and I send our love and prayer for an abundant, blessed New Year.