Good Morning All,<\/p>\n
Gee, it seems to me that it has been a while since I wrote last time. Yet, it has only been a week. I think I feel this way because the past seven days have been busy for me and my family. How about you? Are you all doing a bunch of stuff?<\/p>\n
When a lot of things are going on, I often think of this\u2026<\/p>\n
Romans 8:28 Notice \u201call things<\/em>\u201d? And notice \u201cthe called<\/em>\u201d? These are the sheep who hear their Master\u2019s call\u2026<\/p>\n \u00a0John 10:27 Well, (in segue fashion) as a true believing sheep feels most comfortable and secure in the Great Shepherd\u2019s sheepfold, likewise this next trait of true love remains most content in its Source\u2019s arms (as it were)\u2026<\/p>\n 1st<\/sup> Corinthians 13:6 Maybe it is too simplistic to think this way, but I like to think of \u201crejoice\u201d as experiencing joy over and over again. I mean, think of \u201cre\u201d\u2026 as in the words \u201creplay, regain, rewrite, repeat, reappear, restore\u2026\u201d Thus, love experiences joy over and over again in the truth.<\/p>\n Contrastingly, love does not experience joy in iniquity. Iniquity is an older word meaning all manner of sin and unrighteousness. A lie, which is not the truth, falls into the category of iniquity. You know as well as I do that lies are not what can lead to feelings of joy, but when the truth shines forth \ud83d\ude09 Think of how happy that man is who has been released from jail after some DNA test exonerated him! Yippee!<\/p>\n Or better yet, think of how you felt when you finally comprehended God\u2019s great love for you J<\/p>\n So this matter of the truth is loaded huh? Can you see how love ties into the truth? Anything less than the truth works against love, because doubt is present. But love without a doubt is a cause for joy!<\/p>\n The apostle John helps conclude our thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n 3rd<\/sup> John verse 4: **Comments\/ questions\/ testimonies\/ objections most encouraged!<\/p>\n Dear Lord, thank you for this time to consider Your word and Your ways. May our thoughts, words, and deeds bring You glory\u2026 and glory to You alone. \u2013Amen<\/em><\/p>\n Peace, Good Morning All, Gee, it seems to me that it has been a while since I wrote last time. Yet, it has only been a week. I think I feel this way because the past seven days have been busy for me and my family. How about you? Are you all doing a bunch of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11,101,43,12],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","tag-1st-corinthians","tag-bible-study","tag-gods-word","tag-love"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":385,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2026 all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMy sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nLove\u2026 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in the truth.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nJim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"