Proverbs 22; Mark 12

I so want to post this......

But not technologically savvy enough to do so. You can go to Roy's blog and he figured it out...
Penn's take on a gentleman's giving him a bible is pretty amazing. He calls him a 'good man', I would imagine this guy would deny that and what Penn really sees is LOVE.
But our being such a romanticized people, playing in 'mud pies' while an ocean beach awaits us, Penn doesn't call it such.
I am moved by it and moved by the faith of the gentleman, giving a bible to a professed atheist. Not shoving it in his face but gently giving it to him and giving him contact information so he, when and if he so desires could get in touch with him. That's love and we so rarely know it. And me, I'm afraid to show that kind of love. I think there are moments when I feel it, genuinely from the Holy Spirit feel it. More often than not I ignore it, I flee from it, I deny it...I don't know why. In praying to live a life a risk, praying for we who know to LIVE in the Spirit I do all this...and this morning I wonder if I could do different, if I could live in the love He calls me to?
So in order to implement all that I learn from reading His Word I am praying to submit more and more to the power He offers. To not look for nor need other affirmation and approval, to surrendered into all that He offers to me live in a love that will perhaps confuse people.
Maybe it's the season, maybe it's answered prayer, maybe it's .......His love.
Merry Christmas and I pray that you find His love and sink deeply into it, trusting that He is who He says He is, gives what He promises and wants you to in the sinking be His lights here on earth.

Mark 12: The Most Important Commandment 28 One of the religion scholars came up. Hearing the lively exchanges of question and answer and seeing how sharp Jesus was in his answers, he put in his question: "Which is most important of all the commandments?"
29-31Jesus said, "The first in importance is, 'Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.' And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these."

And if it's true that we can't give away what we don't have....and I believe it is.....He takes care of our loving others IF we love Him first......

Merry Christmas and may His LOVE shine from within you.