Lara Love's Blog, page 113

Color of My Skin

I have told people over the years my long-time pastor who went on to be with Jesus was as black as a black man can be. I am as white as a white woman can be. He was my father in Christ. I loved him beyond measure. Our skin color didn’t matter. Never mind how dark-skinned he was and how light-skinned I am. Our hearts were knit together like God created human hearts to be.

Truth is I am incredibly pale white in winter. But oh, how I love the sunshine. I get a really good suntan in summertime so my...

My Beautiful Mom Testimony

I love my beloved Mom more than imaginable and have an amazingly blessed and beautiful relationship with her though this wasn’t always the case. We all have our stories, don’t we? So do our families. I won’t go into mine here, only to say I’ve had a very painful family situation for a very long time and decided along the way foolishly, wrongly, selfishly, sinfully, and unrighteously that I didn’t need to honor my mother and father because of some things that had happened. I figured God’s command...

How Is Your Reputation?

When you think of someone’s reputation, what comes to mind? What others think of that person, right? Doesn’t this world teach us that it’s important to have a good reputation in the minds of others? Shouldn’t we care about what others think of us and work toward a good reputation in the eyes of this world?

Friend, what matters most is what we look like in the eyes of God! And when it comes to what others think of us, we should desire that they think of us as believing in, following, being devote...

Which One Are You Like?

All human beings are sinners who can only spend forever in heaven with the Lord instead of eternity in hell and the lake of fire in torment through faith in and a life devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ, and the key to forever in heaven with the Lord and to living the fulness of the life God has planned for us here on this earth is having the humility to realize, accept, acknowledge, and act upon the truth that we are NOTHING apart from Jesus.

The two men in the Bible story below are strikingly di...

Resolved to Love

The world around us may be loving less and less just as the Bible makes clear would happen one day as the world darkens with debauchery and all manner of ungodliness as so many people worldwide have their backs turned against God almighty, but should this mean that you and I love less also?

Should the degree to which we love be based on how much love we see in others and how much they do or don’t love us? Should our love be contingent on the world’s love or lack thereof? Should it be in direct p...

When God Says…!

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Feeling Upset

“Wait,” I sensed the Holy Spirit speaking to my heart. “You’re upset right now. This is not the time to make a decision.”

Feeling upset about something? At someone? About a situation? At some people? Feeling angry? Steamed up? Hurt? Bitter? Like you’re headed for losing your temper? Already have? Resentful? Vengeful? Rejected? Feeling like you can’t stop crying or won’t stop if you get started? Like you’ve been taken advantage of? Abused? Worn and weary? Tired of your life’s challenges? Mistreat...

Going the Distance

When I finished up my season of alone time with the Lord and ministry in south Florida, I felt strongly compelled to take a much longer route northbound than I could have gone. What would have taken about 8 hours ended up taking a total of about 15.5 hours! But I felt so led to go that route, and I do my best day by day to follow the Holy Spirit’s leading.

I enjoyed the drive through the countryside, I appreciated not having to drive on big scary jam-packed highways, I had plenty of time to pray...

The Cookie Jar

Kids stuff their little hands in the cookie jar, grab a few cookies when Mom isn’t looking, rush out of the kitchen, leave a trail of crumbs behind, and convince themselves Mom won’t know what they’ve done. But of course Mom knows. She’s Mom. She doesn’t even need to see the crumbs on the counter nor the crumbs on the child’s face nor notice the begging for milk to wash it down let alone the fewer amount of cookies in the jar. She’s Mom. She just knows. In fact, Mom probably knows even before it...

Warning About Prayer

If you had children who constantly called out to you and asked you and even begged you for stuff they needed and wanted but wanted to have absolutely nothing to do with you other than to get stuff from you, showed no love toward you, didn’t respect you, didn’t honor you, had no desire to have a relationship with you, could care less about spending any time with you, didn’t look up to you, didn’t appreciate and adore you, just ran to you to get stuff and quickly ran away with nothing more than pe...