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Good Times!!
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

It's That Simple...

                "Love must be SINCERE,
                 HATE what is EVIL,
                 CLING to what is GOOD"
                                            Rom. 12:9

   That is what the minister preached about this past Sunday.  While I was growing up that was just a given to me.  I would often wander why we were even taught such things cause I just believed that is the way you are supposed to live. I thought everybody knew that.  Of course, I was raised in a Christian home with a father that is a pentecostal minister.  I have since learned the older you become the harder it is to live by that verse. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss..and what you don't know can't hurt you.
   I also didn't understand how we would ever feel persecuted as a Christian. After all we do live in a free country. Right? It isn't like this is China or a communist society. We have freedom of religion. That is written in our Constitution. Slowly, but surely though we are living in an age where children are being expelled from school for expressing their religious beliefs. And because that freedom applies to all religions sometimes our children are taught of other beliefs we don't necessarily agree with.  It is harder to give your own religion validity when every other religion believes they are the right one. How confusing for a child.
   Consistency is the key to most of our achievements.  It's definitely what you need for discipline and creating order.  I made the mistake of putting a gap in the time I took my children to church and now I am paying the price for it. We as humans are creatures of habit. Unfortunately I made Sunday another Saturday for my kids. Now I have to change that bad habit. I want my children to have the sense of peace that I had growing up, knowing there is a loving God that takes our hand and guides us through life.  We live in such an unstable time we need that reassurance that a higher power can help us make it through.
   My love for them should be so sincere that I want to teach them to hate what is evil and help them to cling to what is good.  By the renewing of my mind and actions I can get us back on the right track again.  Then life will seem more simple in such a complicated world.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Heart Impressions by Darla: What Is True Love?

Heart Impressions by Darla: What Is True Love?

Monday, February 8, 2010

What is true love?

   I believe we all have our own version or meaning of what true love is. It all stems from what we are passionate about.  Some find true love through security while others might say security is the trap that keeps us from seeking out to find true love.  I wrote a poem many years ago that I believe helped me to define it in several variations.  It pretty much is a quest that you dare to conquer.  First I questioned what is was in order to define it. Then I expressed desperation to find it.  And finally I am confident I know what it is and long to have it.  My poem "What Is True Love" is posted on my poetry blog heartimpressionsbydarla.blogspot.com.  I love sharing that poem with people because I think I captured the meaning accidentally by just putting words together to rhyme.  It is so neat when answers just sneak up on us.  It's when you go looking for them they seem so hard to find.  Pretty much like finding true love.
   In the times we live in I believe we become pretty self-centered because we have been pushed in that direction for so long.  "Be all that you can be". "The world is your oyster." "You can have it all".  I truly believe the Bible captured the true meaning where it says "Love one another as you love yourself" and "..Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."  I believe we can find true love when we are able to give our love unconditionally.  Then we reap what we sew.  
   I wouldn't say that I believe in Karma, cause I wasn't raised that way. I do believe in faith though. And I put a lot of faith in good things come to those who wait and believe they will.  I believe God gives us the desires of our hearts.  To some this all may sound too much like fairy tales, but if you never believe in something it's like you never have anything to look forward to.  It can be a risk and you might get your heart broken along the way, but I believe finding true love is worth it.  Go now to heartimpressionsbydarla.blogspot.com and find the answer to what true love is.  May you find that special love in your lifetime..and when you do don't let it slip away.