Lara Love's Blog, page 383

God's Bucket List

What the heck is a bucket list? I wondered. Call me clueless, and that I am. I am so clueless about the things of this world, but so crazy for Christ. Suffice it to say that now I am educated enough to know what a bucket list is, I have this thought. Should we be living our lives with a list of our wants and desires with the goal to scratch each and every one of them off our list? Or, should we lay aside our bucket list and live our lives for the Lord?

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Jesus Bought Out the Hallmark Store

Did you ever count how many Hallmark cards Jesus sent when He walked the earth? Did you ever consider how many Hallmark cards God sends daily from His throne in heaven? It's a wonder the Lord hasn't simply bought out the company and made it His own. After all, if you consider the Lord's compassion for His Creation, His love being so boundless and extreme that He sent His only begotten Son to the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, wouldn't it make sense for Him to at the very least invest...

My Big Birthday Prayer Request . . .

Two days before by God's grace alone I turn 47 years of age, I ask any human anywhere who is led to please read my prayer request and to pray as you might be led . . . 

Please pray for me daily if you are led. 

The windows of heaven have opened after decades of brokenness, and all I want is more of the Lord, more of his Word, and to humbly love and serve Him with every ounce of my heart. 



I am resolved that the only reason I remain on this earth is to dedicate my life unabashedly,...

Where Are Your 12 Stones?

Where are your 12 stones? You know the stones, don't you? Your memorial stones. You don't remember? How could you forget them? You know the ones. Or have you forgotten already? Or, is it possible you don't have any memorial stones? Perhaps you need a reminder then. Lest you forget what must be remembered.

photo courtesy of pixabay.comThe Lord had already parted the Red Sea for the children of Israel, delivered from bondage in Egypt, to pass through on their way to the Promised Land. The Lord h...

The Woman Who Said No

My question was very simple. If I needed help with something related to my ministry, would she help? I believed the help I would need would ultimately bring great honor and glory to the Lord. The opportunity would be perfect for anyone who truly wants to serve the Lord with all their heart. The little bit of work that would be required could pave the way for numerous lives to be saved and helped. The woman should have had every good reason to say yes, or so it seemed anyway, but the woman sai...

A Message from God - Time to Make a Move?

Have you been in the same place long enough? Is it time to make a move? Have you been stuck in place for too long? Or living somewhere you shouldn't be? Or going backward when you should be going forward? Or not making any progress when you know it's past time? Or traveling in circles and making yourself dizzy? Or wondering why it's taken you years of effort without making an ounce of progress? Do you know the children of Israel - those that made it anyway - took FORTY years to travel a dista...

Are You an Influence - Or Influenced?

The mother of a childhood friend of mine used to speak about what a bad influence I was on her daughter. It was ironic because back then for the most part I lived my life with somewhat good values and had yet to take the enormous plunge I would ultimately take into total depravity. My friend, on the other hand, was headed for an unbelievable fall of her own. For all intents and purposes, she was probably the worse influence of the two of us. Needless to say, we are all utterly capable of infl...

Is God on the Back Burner?

Is God on your back burner? If you think I'm about to tell you that you need to move Him to the front burner in case you find that you have in fact placed Him on the back burner of your life, you are wrong. Because God doesn't belong on any of the burners of our lives, not on the front burner, the side burner, nor on the back burner. Not on any burner at all.

photo courtesy of pixabay.comThe Lord belongs on the forefront of our hearts, our minds, our souls, and our strength. Why? Because He co...

The Warning of All Warnings

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? Matthew 16:3

Everywhere you look, everywhere you listen, it seems, there are warnings. Weather warnings. Disease warnings. War warnings. Violence warnings. Threats, risks, troubles, and warnings are everywhere, all the time, aren't they? Times have changed. Risks are rampant and ever on the increase. Risks to you...

Goodbye Band-aids, Hello Salvation

My life was covered up in one big band-aid. And my life was anything but a boo-boo. I was lost and broken and hopeless and purposeless - for decades. The band-aid was anything and everything I could grab hold of in this world in my almost constant desperation to be saved from the hell in which I was living. Little, and tragically, did I know that what I needed more than anything else was true salvation and the way to escape the literal hell where I was undoubtedly headed to spend eternity. I...