Lara Love's Blog, page 58

Stop Thinking About This!

If you think I am about to tell you to stop thinking about something in particular, I am not. But I do have a very strong message for you, and God placed it on my heart for you through this.

“Stop thinking about this,” the Holy Spirit essentially spoke to my heart.

Lovingly, albeit firmly, He led me to repentance. I turned my attention away from those thoughts and to Him and went on with my day.

Friend, God makes clear in the Bible what He does want us to think about and what He does not want us...

Feeling Rejected?

Feeling rejected? Ugh, it’s hard, isn’t it? In fact, sometimes it is really, really hard. Sometimes it may hurt so much, in fact, you may feel like giving up. On something. On someone. On yourself. Worst of all, on God Himself. And on life itself. I should know. I have been rejected on and off my whole life. Lots of times it had nothing to do with me. Sometimes it had everything to do with me. Sometimes it was because I did something wrong. Other times for reasons that had nothing to do with me....

Love Tragedy: Corn on the Cob

One day it came to me that sometimes we treat our fellow humans like corn on the cob. Whenever I see people at the corn on the cob bin in a grocery store, I usually see them carefully peeling down the husks, peering inquisitively inside, and diligently deciding whether the corn is good enough for them. Whether or not it is in perfect condition – or not. Then they toss what they determine to be imperfect back into the bin. And proceed to search for the perfect corn.

God’s greatest commands are to...

Lara Love’s Testimony from Years Ago!

When I stumbled across a video I did years ago, I felt led to share it all these years ago. Granted much has happened in years since, including much, much more challenge, but praise God the joy you can see in this video I still have today – because of the Lord Jesus Christ!

HELP WANTED: Will You Sponsor Lara?

Hi everyone,

I am sad to report that even as I have poured my heart into my ministry work for years now including caring for my special needs ministry dogs, I have extremely few donors and Monthly Sponsors.

I am on a low income and need to use emergency savings and have help from an anonymous source to try to keep up with my living expenses.

I make myself available 24-7 to the Lord and ministry and the ministry special needs dogs, and while I could quit ministry and go get a traditional job, I a...

My Christmas Miracle

I spent Christmas alone very far away from loved ones due to my location and a very tragic very painful long-term family situation. While I know how to find people to be with and places to go, I prefer to spend holidays alone with Jesus because truthfully it is easier than being around other people’s families and celebrations. Usually in very recent years I have enjoyed the quiet time with the Lord and worked on my writing, but this time I felt down and sorrowful. Little did I know God had a pla...

Taking Matters Into Your Own Hands?

“Stay out of this please,” the Holy Spirit told me sternly. “You prayed. Now trust.”

I knew God’s sternness in chastening me came from His love. I knew He needed to be tough with me concerning this matter. And I cannot help but think probably a lot more people than just myself need to hear the message God gave me.

What was God telling me? In a nutshell, I had just prayed about something. But instead of trusting in God and waiting on Him to answer my prayers according to His perfect will in His p...

When the Devil Says QUIT!

I am having a challenging day as I write this not because of my circumstances per se but because spiritually speaking the devil is coming out-of-control hard at my mind in a variety of ways in an all-out effort to get me to QUIT loving and serving the Lord particularly concerning my writing and publishing.

But the devil’s heinous efforts have backfired because by the power of the Holy Spirit I am hard at work serving Jesus and have a powerful message to share about what to do when the devil says...

When the Devil Says QUIT

I am having a challenging day as I write this not because of my circumstances per se but because spiritually speaking the devil is coming out-of-control hard at my mind in a variety of ways in all-out effort to get me to QUIT loving and serving the Lord particularly concerning my writing and publishing.

But the devil’s heinous efforts have backfired because by the power of the Holy Spirit I am hard at work serving Jesus and have a powerful message to share about what to do when the devil says QU...

Trusting in God as the Last Resort

“Well, there is nothing I can do but trust in the Lord,” I said aloud somewhat miserably.

The situation I faced made it abundantly clear I had no say in the matter. There was nothing I could do. Anything I tried would be to no avail. Some people were doing something whereby I was stuck and unable to move forward. I was discouraged, frustrated, disappointed not to mention worried and deeply upset and stressed out.

At this point I realized I needed to trust in the Lord. But herein lay the issue. G...