Learning To Love

Most Understanding Lord, I sometimes find myself asking, as my day begins and everything immediately begins to go awry … “Do You care?”  Or, as I go about my day thinking everything is going fine and, all of a sudden, dark ominous clouds of confusion fill my mind and I ask myself … “Do You … Read more

Most Loving Lord, there is an ad on TV by the Shriner’s Hospital where a group of children ask each other the question “what is love?”  They all have different answers … one says candy, another says a prosthetic leg and one even suggests a call to the “Love Doctor”.  I do not need to … Read more

I will praise You, O Lord, for the wonderfulness and beauty of Your love.  It is my source of strength and the binding that holds my life together.  You have made a covenant to love and protect me and I know You will never rescind it.  You have put my life on a firm foundation … Read more

All glory and honor is Yours, My Lord, for You have delivered me from the grip of sin and given me a path to eternal life and abundance.  And when I was weak because of my flesh, You sent Your Son as a sin offering in my place.  So now I have been empowered to … Read more

Majestic are You my Tenderhearted and Compassionate Lord.  For You have invited me to cast my burdens on You and You will sustain me.  You have promised me that You would never allow Your righteous ones to be shaken and that gives me confidence concerning my future.  Whenever circumstances threaten to overtake me, You stand … Read more

My Tender-hearted Lord, the God-kind of love is often described as being patient and kind.  Containing patience because You have to deal with people like me who are flawed and imperfect.  And, containing kindness because it is filled with Your tenderness and mercy.  The God-kind of love becomes clear when I recognize that Your Father … Read more

I praise You, My Lord, for You color my life with happiness and hope.  Even when I can see storm clouds looming on the horizon, You give me the courage to face them.  The beauty of Your presence in my life suppresses the strife and heartache that I face.  With You by my side, I … Read more

Dear Lord, I am filled with joy as I experience the power of Your love each day.  For Your love is wider than the widest river … deeper than the deepest part of the sea … higher than the highest mountain … and able to touch my heart.  When I approach You in prayer, I … Read more

O God of Love, Your tenderness and mercy prop up my spirits and encourage me to persevere through my darkest times.  Your love is able to dispel my sorrow and heal my broken heart.  When nothing seems to be going right, You give me the assurance that things will go well for me in the … Read more

Most Kind and Generous King, the things that I show to others as my earthly successes lose their glow when they do not glorify You.  Now that I think of them, they are empty and worthless when contrasted against Your blessings and grace.  In comparing my accomplishments against Your love and all that comes from … Read more