Lara Love's Blog, page 33

She Said I Was Kind!

When I told someone how kind I thought she was, she responded with a miraculous comment. She told me how kind she thought I was as well!

Now I can promise you that for many years despite any desire to be loving and kind much of the time due to my endless sin I was anything but loving and kind!

Though I still fall short and need to repent before God and to apologize to people when necessary, on the whole I am a loving and kind person.

But I can take no credit. Love and kindness are FRUIT of the H...

When You Can’t Stop Crying

Perhaps you can’t stop crying. Or you feel like you can’t stop crying. Or you feel like if you allow yourself to start crying you will not be able to stop crying. Whatever you are going through, if the tears keep coming and coming, or you feel that you might start to cry and never stop, I want to encourage you with this.

Do not cry alone. Cry with Jesus. Cry to Jesus. Cry to the Lord Jesus Christ, yes. Pour your heart out to almighty God. Cry in His presence. Tell Him what fills your heart. Tell...

Are You Being PRUNED?

Now I am not an expert in gardening to say the least. But my understanding about pruning is that anything and everything that needs to be pruned from bushes and plants and flowers and such IS NOT NEEDED. It IS NOT NECESSARY, IS NOT A BENEFIT, WILL CAUSE HARM NOT GOOD, and WILL GET IN THE WAY OF THE PURPOSE AND BEAUTY of the bush, plant, flower, etc. It is NOT PRETTY, is EVEN UGLY, is a PROBLEM NOT A HELP, and MUST BE GOTTEN RID OF.

In my understanding the bush, plant, flower, etc. HAS NO DESIRE ...

This Is Lust!

I believe many of us tend to think of lust as sexual lust and all that goes with it that is sin against God that needs to be gotten rid of.

Friend, lust is desire. Any desire. And any desire and that which goes with it that goes against the Lord Jesus Christ and God’s will for us is sin against Him and must be repented of.

Ungodly, unholy, unrighteous lust may even be desire that has been taken to an extreme. In other words, the desire itself may be alright in God’s eyes. But we may have such an...

From Complaining to Praising

What if every time you find yourself complaining you make the decision to be praising the Lord instead?

From complaining to praising, you could turn every opportunity to be negative, self-pitying, moaning, groaning, whining, etc. into an opportunity to love, praise, bless, and thank the Lord Jesus Christ instead.

Friend, no matter our struggles, no matter our challenges, no matter what is hard and wrong in our lives and in this world, there is always reason to bless, praise, and thank the Lord w...

An Alzheimer’s Testimony

I have a beloved friend who in the midst of a season of unbelievable trials and tragedies faced her husband being diagnosed with cancer and Alzheimer’s. The cancer required surgery and treatment which thank God was successful but the Alzheimer’s raged on.

They did not have the finances to pay for a private care facility nor to hire ongoing professional help at their home. She became the primary caregiver not only to her husband but to someone who had not treated her so very well over the years. ...

Sinning Against Your Spouse?

Picking on, nagging, criticizing, judging, condemning, trying to control and manipulate, pushing, pressuring, bossing, bullying, losing your temper on, yelling and screaming at, cursing at, physically abusing, forcing yourself sexually on, using pornography, committing adultery against, etc. your spouse is all sin against your spouse and the Lord God almighty.

Please don’t stop at saying sorry. Don’t merely seek God’s forgiveness and apologize to your spouse. Do the right thing in God’s eyes.

Be...

Humble Yourself and Apologize!

I just finished sending a loved one a written apology for my bad attitude, selfishness, and poor behavior regarding something.

It goes without saying we should humbly seek God’s forgiveness when we sin against Him and make any and all necessary changes and corrections etc. in our hearts, words, and actions so that we are living in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.

But we also should go one big step further!

We also should humble ourselves and apologize to others and make any and all necessary ...

CHOOSE To Be Thankful!

I believe being thankful is a CHOICE. We can CHOOSE to be thankful – or not. There are probably always reasons in all of our lives we can CHOOSE to be down, discouraged, negative, complaining, whining, self-pitying, upset, angry, hurt, bitter, resentful, sad, grieving, anguished, anxious, etc. After all, life can be hard. For some of us, it has been really, really, hard. But no matter what, we have a CHOICE. We can CHOOSE to be thankful to the Lord God almighty NO MATTER WHAT we face, NO MATTER ...

Donations for Dog & More!

Over the past few months senior special needs ministry doggy Miss Grace (Gracie) who was abandoned at a gas station years ago and hit by 2 cars on the same day had some medical needs requiring a visit to the doggy ER and her regular vet along with testing and meds. By the GRACE of God she is now doing well!

The woman who committed to donate toward her care has been swamped and unable as of yet to donate and it is unclear whether and when she will be able to do so.

My ministry is in extreme need ...