Color Me Love

Written by Joyce C. Lock


For those who walk inrepparttar flesh,repparttar 126859 law is given.

Some only see in black and white.

And, yet, there is a more excellent way. Others see in color and, when they do, that color is love.

"Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God."

1 John 3:21

The Bible tells us to love our enemies, pray for them, turnrepparttar 126860 other cheek, and many like things. It also tells us to stand against evil. There are times to pluck up that which was planted, to shakerepparttar 126861 dust off our feet, and more.

If we hold torepparttar 126862 law, we remain captive in circumstances that God gave us other provisions for. We still adamantly believe inrepparttar 126863 law. The difference is that we trust God to reveal to us which law He requires at any given time.

What ever God speaks to us isrepparttar 126864 ultimate/absolute law.

Praise God, He is a Living God!

"Neither have I gone back fromrepparttar 126865 commandment of his lips; I have esteemedrepparttar 126866 words of his mouth more than my necessary food."

Job 23:12

The whole entire law is complete and fulfilled through following this one verse: thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. If you do that, you have covered God's intent for every law withinrepparttar 126867 Bible.

Life! In Grandfather's Kitchen

Written by Kathryn E. Ryan


Life! In Grandfather's Kitchen By Kathryn Ryan Every morning when I sniff coffee grains, memories of my grandfather inrepparttar kitchen flood my mind. He was what I refer to as a coffee connoisseur. Every morning at 6:00 a.m.repparttar 126858 percolator was onrepparttar 126859 front burner. He was loyal to his daily routine which, besides his coffee, included a hearty breakfast, a couple of chapters from his favorite western, and a few Bible verses. Morning was his most cherished time ofrepparttar 126860 day, whenrepparttar 126861 kitchen was his and his alone. Engraved in my memory is an effigy of him, like something out of a Norman Rockwel painting. A warm glow emanates throughoutrepparttar 126862 kitchen as its window greetsrepparttar 126863 east. Wild birds cast fleeting shadows uponrepparttar 126864 floor and their chatter comes and goes. How utterly delighted they sound in adoration ofrepparttar 126865 sun as though it's given them sanction to live another day. Steam exhales fromrepparttar 126866 percolator each timerepparttar 126867 liquid caffeine explodes intorepparttar 126868 glass knob. Comparable to a steam engine fighting up and incline, it mechanically works its aroma intorepparttar 126869 air. Like a snake, bacon hisses fromrepparttar 126870 frying pan asrepparttar 126871 grease gives an unanticipated snap now and then. In an even smaller pan onrepparttar 126872 back burner, two bulging yokes, lightly sprinkled with pepper stare up atrepparttar 126873 ceiling. Inrepparttar 126874 midst of all this,repparttar 126875 spry elderly gentleman projects his habitual little chants, "Yupp...coffee's ready." and "Yupp...bacon and eggs too." As he manages aboutrepparttar 126876 room, friendly little creaks fromrepparttar 126877 floor answer in response. With a jack-in-the-box greeting,repparttar 126878 toast springs from its slots. "Oh...gotta get it while it's hot." He scurries acrossrepparttar 126879 room to butter his toast.

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