Lara Love's Blog, page 367

When God Says It's Time to Move On - DAILY INSPIRATION 4/2

If you have ever felt upset, scared, overwhelmed, even angry, because you believe God has called you to leave behind a job, a relationship, a house, an opportunity, etc., that was perhaps comfortable, maybe rewarding and enjoyable, or simply familiar and seemingly secure, imagine how Abraham felt when God told him to leave behind his country and home, his family and friends, absolutely everything he had known. How many of us try to hang on for dear life to what God is calling us to leave behi...

Right Heart, Wrong Opportunity

Some years ago, I found myself deeply engrossed - and entrenched - in focusing my heart, mind, and actions on seeking, picking up, organizing, and distributing physical provisions for homeless people and others in need of stuff. How surprised I was when the Lord got in my face one day to lovingly convict me of wrongdoing. I had the right heart in that I loved Him beyond description and wanted to serve Him in part by helping people in need, but I was involved in the wrong endeavor.

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The Only Thing that Matters - DAILY INSPIRATION 3/31

One of my favorite things in the whole world to do is to snuggle up on my little feather bed and pile of comforters I have fashioned into a bed in the tiny corner of my little room that is mostly occupied by paralyzed dogs Mr. Simeon and Miss Mercy, severely disabled Little Miss Miracles, and oh so elderly Speckles and Elijah who spend most of their lives cuddled up in their own little beds - and STUDY THE BIBLE, SEEK THE LORD'S FACE, and WRITE. But as much as I love to write almost Daily Ins...

When Hide and Go Seek Is a Deadly Game - DAILY INSPIRATION 3/30

Call it a decades-overdue confession, but here it is anyway. When I played hide and go seek as a child, I convinced myself that if I shut my eyes really tight and covered my face with my hands while hiding, at least that is how I recall it anyway, nobody would ever see me because I couldn't see anybody outside my shut eyes and covered face. Makes sense, doesn't it? That was the self-centered little girl's world I lived in, I suppose. Little did I know how deadly this game could be when played...

How Do You Measure Up Spiritually? DAILY INSPIRATION 3/27

"I want to grow until I die," I heard a man say many years ago. I was stunned - and deeply inspired - by the comment. As a child, I had had a desperate desire to grow since I was what at the time was called a "late bloomer". I was always behind everyone else in my physical growth. Suffice it to say, I was very short. But clearly this man didn't need to grow; he was already a few inches over six feet! He wanted to grow spiritually for the rest of his life. And when I heard his comment, I was y...

The Hurricane Box - DAILY INSPIRATION 3/25

When I first moved to coastal South Carolina years ago, I was told I needed to put together a "hurricane box" so that I would have all my important stuff in one place in the event my husband at the time and I had to evacuate for a hurricane. Such was the life, I discovered, of living in a part of the country that had "hurricane seasons". I had no trouble finding a box, but I had a problem with packing it. More accurately, I had trouble packing "them". For I was so attached to my possessions a...

Pulpits, Peace & Prosperity - DAILY INSPIRATION 3/24

If there was anything God hated about the false prophets from long ago, it was that they spoke lies in His name (Jeremiah 14:4); taught rebellion against Him (Jeremiah 28:16); went around prophesying peace to the people (Jeremiah 6:14) when the people's wicked ways would bring on God's wrath; and refused to warn the people that they needed to repent of their evil ways and throw themselves at the feet and mercy of the Lord with a WHOLE-hearted commitment to change their ways. But if you think...

Synagogue, Church & Money-Changers - DAILY INSPIRATION 3/21

I went to synagogue as a child for the high holidays each year, then hurried out the door and back into my life never for an instant believing in God. I went to church as an adult on Sundays and other days, then hurried out the door and back into my life believing in the Lord but not studying His Word and following Him by forsaking my way of living my life and living His way for Him. If you are familiar with Jesus' extreme anger when He overturns the tables in the temple as He throws out the...

Are You Being Faithful? DAILY INSPIRATION 3/20

Are you being faithful? Not to your husband. Not to your wife. Or your fiance or boyfriend or girlfriend. Not that you shouldn't be faithful to them; you should. That goes without saying. But if you take one look around you at the dire mess that America is in, and the world on top of it, you will understand my question. For America isn't in such dire straits because of the rampant infidelity when it comes to marriages and relationships, though that undoubtedly is a crucial nasty consequence o...

Miss Mercy Returns to Beach Ministry as New Ministry Season Begins

Oh, how I love the beach. But this is nothing compared with how much I LOVE to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ while ministering the Lord's love to a world in need - my lifetime mission as evangelist, author, & director of Walk by Faith Ministry. How humbled, and blessed and privileged I am when God sends me out into the world to do just that. I am grateful beyond description when He combines my LOVE for Him and my love for the beach by sending me out with some of the special needs dogs...