Don't Forget TO LOVE

It's kind of funny how we actually have to be reminded to actually Love. What I wouldn't do to have someone serve me a platter of post-it notes everyday of what I shouldn't forget and how much easier that would make my life!

I find Love is something that is so powerful because it is so easily swayed by what emotions we feel on a daily basis. As women, you know that can totally change from minute to minute. lol!!! You wake up and feel great, and then you take your first look in the mirror and see that you have planets that have appeared on your face overnight while you thought you were getting your beauty sleep! All of the sudden, that moment of glee you woke up with is suddently gone! The power of that emotion of disappointment can greatly affect your response to those you love! Wild, huh? I have soooo been there!!

The key is to learn to remain steady in LOVE at all times. I know - that is so not easy to learn but it's a beautiful emotion to experience that I find, the more I fight to hold onto Love God's way, the more amazing the outcome of Love radiates through my life.

What I want to challenge you with this week is to start a Love REVOLUTION with your family - Your family see's the good, the bad, the ugly, the orbits growing on your face, your reactions to how you feel when you're happy, sad, mad, and glad! They see it all!! Now - check out the verse below and begin to apply those key words of God's wisdom into your family life....Read on:

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end. I Cor. 13 (MSG)

It doesn't matter how many times I read that, it's so powerful!!

Love Tips:

1. Keep LOVE scriptures posted around your mirror and quote them every single day. Col. 3:2 - Set your mind on things above.
2. Remember that LOVE is something you have to do on purpose
3. LOVE is a verb which means you have to put it into action.
4. You must PUT LOVE on like getting dressed. Eph. 6:11-17
5. Stop catering to your flesh...LOVE is best shown by serving.

(These love tips were inspired by a teaching I heard from Joyce Meyer's this week)

So, Start in your home - revolutionize the love God has placed in your life to LOVE greater than you ever have. When your buttons get pushed, your day at work make you want to pull your hair out and then you have to head home, make dinner, do a soccer practice run, laundry, homework - DON'T FORGET to Love - Trust God Always...Love NEVER fails!!

Tracee