Lara Love's Blog, page 331
November 28, 2016
Update & Prayer Request
Hello everyone,
Just a little update on me & Walk by Faith Ministry….As much as I didn’t want to leave Virginia where I evacuated with 10 of the ministry’s special needs and senior rescued dogs and where God blessed me with family, friends, and numerous ministry opportunities, I am now settled back in South Carolina for the time being with the hope and belief He will send me back to the VA/DC area in the future for more ministry there.
His Spirit has led me into a season of rest and preparati...
Need to Slow Down?
Need to Slow Down?
“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.” Psalm 95:6
“Father, please speak to me,” I prayed. “I am here to hear. Won’t you?”
His answer came fast. Rapid. Look up the word. What does it mean?
Dictionary.com online says rapid is, “Occurring within a short time; happening speedily.” The Lord had a message for me. For you also?
Do you see? My calling for you is not to be done in a rapid period of time. Yet you rush. Do you see? Your timing i...
November 26, 2016
Nothing to Praise God About?
Nothing to Praise God About
“O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.” Psalm 30:12
Ever so struggled in life, so been steeped in depression, so faced incredibly hard circumstances, so been down and downtrodden, so been entrenched in grief over tragedies and losses, so been barely unable to come up for air due to the seemingly relentless trials of life, so looked at other people’s lives that seem so wonderful when yours never seems to be anything but miserable, so at most been tha...
November 25, 2016
The Stranger Who Blessed Me
The Stranger Who Blessed Me
“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” John 13:34
“Hey,” I told the young woman behind the Wal-Mart cash register. “Where are my vitamins? I think you gave them to the man in front of me,” I essentially told her. Uh oh.
The young man, standing there with his little boy getting ready to leave now that he had paid for his groceries and placed them in his shopping cart, looked befuddled. I ex...
November 23, 2016
How Grace the Dog Learned to Trust
How Grace the Dog Learned to Trust
“Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.” John 13:23
Only God in His most magnificent mercy and grace, in His infinite and undying love, could have orchestrated this. I had plunked back down on the bed early one morning after waking initially at 4:30 am. I had prayed, praised the Lord, studied His Word, and figured I would now rest and meditate some on what was on my heart. Intimacy. Intimacy with God. And how, if the t...
November 22, 2016
The Danger of Silence
The Danger of Silence
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” Galatians 6:1
One day a loved one who doesn’t know the Lord with some trepidation shared with me a concern she had about something I had been doing for a very long time. She was nervous about sharing her heart with me about it, not knowing by this point in my life I had finally come to see the Lord’s convicti...
Learning to Walk
Learning to Walk
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” Romans 8:1
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” Galatians 5:1
“Lara, stop looking at where you have fallen,” God’s Spirit spoke to me early one day just before I finished my still-dark-outside, indoors prayer walking, i.e. walking back and forth in an empty ro...
November 18, 2016
A Season of Rest
A Season of Rest
“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” 1 Peter 5:7
The Lord spoke to my heart He would take me into a season of rest and preparation for where He was taking me next in life and ministry, but the rest to which He was calling me and the way He would bring me into it were not what I expected in the least. I was not surprised after 20 years of pushing myself beyond description in my work, coupled with numerous personal challenges, that He wanted me to enter into...
November 17, 2016
When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayers
When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayers
“And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.” Psalm 35:38
“Thank you Lord for not answering my prayers,” I praised the Lord aloud as I led paralyzed dog Miss Mercy back inside from a little walk in her wheelchair. “You know what’s best.”
I could not have been more surprised at my outspoken praise, nor could I have been more thankful for the delight and joy in my heart after a long period of discouragement, frustration...
November 16, 2016
A New Song in My Heart
“He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the LORD.” Psalm 40:3
It was 6:13 am when I hurried to my computer to write what had just happened. Not exactly the time most people are flying around a spare room with sparkly blue epoxy flooring like a ballerina, a brand new song forming as words on wings joined the dance high aloft in the air, word by word coming forth from my mouth that has spent decades spewing forth negativity, co...
