THE WAY IS LOVE!

THE WAY IS LOVE!


TODAY we read about Pharaoh-
A man with a HARD-cruel heart=
But fortunately OUR GOD is a God
Of LOVE


His way is kindness-FORGIVENESS-
And LOVE


I USED to have Jewish RELATIVES
And friends=that I WAS related to=and
The first time-I SHARED
A PASSOVER meal with them


I was DEEPLY MOVED that
Thousands of years later=
The feast of PASSOVER
Was still celebrated


“The blood will mark
The HOUSES
Where you are


SEEING the blood
I will PASS over you
….......


When I strike the
LAND of Egypt
…......


This day
Shall be a MEMORIAL FEAST
….....
Which ALL your generations
SHALL CELEBRATE
….......” Exodus 12:13, 14


In the old days
In the old times=it was
A TIME for cruelty


A time of LIMITED VISION
And primitive moral development
That ONLY understood punishment
For wrong


But thousands of years later=
JESUS CAME=suffered=and SHOWED US
That the WAY of God IS LOVE


“In your UNFAILING LOVE
You will LEAD the people
You have REDEEMED


In your strength
You will GUIDE THEM
To your holy dwelling” Exodus 15:13


“But I TRUST
In your UNFAILING LOVE


My heart REJOICES
In your salvation” Psalm 13:5


The WAY is love-
GOD'S WAY=is
DEFINITELY LOVE


“LOVE is patient
Love is KIND
It does NOT envy
It does not boast


It is=NOT PROUD
It does not dishonor others


It is not self-seeking
It is NOT easily angered
It KEEPS nor record of wrongs


LOVE does
NOT DELIGHT in evil
But rejoices=with the TRUTH


It always protects
Always TRUSTS
Always HOPES
Always perseveres


LOVE NEVER FAILS” 1 Corinthians 13-4-8


Dear God-dear LORD=
We are so GRATEFUL
That your way is LOVE
And NOT cruelty


THANK YOU for SENDING
Your SON-to show us
That the WAY is LOVE-and-


HELP us FOLLOW his example
And CREATE more love in this world


The WAY LORD=YOUR WAY=
IS SURELY LIVE


In the NAME of Jesus OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
7-20-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Patricia Livingston