Like < Love

Telling someone you like them feels so shallow when in actuality love would much better describe how you think and feel about this person.

Rhema's and Quotes

I love finding old forgotten rhema's and quotes...

"But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end." - Psalm 73:16-17

"Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!"

"Is anything too wonderful for God?" So Mary trusted in God, whom her eyes could not see.

"Riches I need not nor man's empty praise. Be Thou mine inheritance, now and always. Be Thou and Thou only, the first in my heart. O Sovereign of Heaven, my treasure Thou art."

Your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up.

If my heart has one ambition, If my soul one goal to seek; This my solitary vision 'till I only dwell in Thee, That I only dwell in Thee, 'Till I only dwell in Thee.

"but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love." Psalm 147:11

"You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways...Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; I cannot attain it." Psalm 139:3,6

What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. - Proverbs 19:22

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for wholeness and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me. When you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1

In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 4:8

The LORD is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made know to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:5b-7

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. Psalm 139:17-19

...but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more. Romans 5:20b

To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6

Now, love is not a feeling in your chest. It is bending down to wash another’s feet. It is faithful when the sun is in the west, and in the east. It can hurt you as it holds you, in its overwhelming flood, till only the unshakeable is left. -- For the love of God {Andrew Peterson}

You see, the winter has gone at last. The delay was not unto death but for the glory of God. Never was there a fairer spring than this. - Hinds fee on high places

To love at all is to be vulnerable. — C.S. Lewis

Springtime Indiana

Springtime Indiana
You are sleeping by my side
Here across the miles we ramble
Past where the road divides
I wish I could tell you...but I just can't find the words

I've never been good with my thoughts
And even worse with my words
But you read like familiar poetry
That I have never heard...
I wish I could tell you...but I just can't find the words

So let's move across the ocean
And pitch the tent stakes wide
You be the one to come after me
And I will be your bride...
I wish I could tell you...but I just can't find the words

I am all at once courageous
I am all at once afraid
It came over me like nightfall
Like a freight train
I can't seem to hold it in
But I can't seem to run away

You came in without notice
And settled all around my heart
Took up residence in all the places
That were vacant and dark...
I wish I could tell you...but I just can't find the words

Springtime Indiana
You are starting to wake
And I am laden with the thoughts
Of everything I mean to say
I wish I could tell you,
But I just can't find the words.

Sandra McCracken| Springtime Indiana

For the Love of God

I love this song by Andrew Peterson.

Yesterday we drove all night to Pittsburgh
Jamie laid her head down in the back
My little boys asleep beside their sister
They’re the best I have

I brought an old recording of your father
He was teaching men and women how to love
He carried on about his sons and daughters
Growing up

As we drove across Ohio
At the dawning of the day
I could hear the tune of truth was in his voice
And it felt just like I knew him
Though I never saw his face
Maybe that’s because I know his boys
Who live their lives

For the love of God
In the name of Jesus
The groom who gave his life
To love his bride

I know you thought you’d never find a woman
I never thought I’d have to write this song
But here I am and there you are together
After all

You felt like you were buried
In a city underground
All broken bits and pieces of the past
And somewhere she was searching
On the surface of the mound
She was digging for a treasure that would last
Now she’s giving you her heart

For the love of God
In the name of Jesus
The groom who gave his life
To love his bride

Now, love is not a feeling in your chest
It is bending down to wash another’s feet
It is faithful when the sun is in the west
And in the east

It can hurt you as it holds you
In its overwhelming flood
Till only the unshakeable is left
“This new command I give you,” He said,
“Love as I have loved”
So brother, love her better than yourself
And give her your heart

For the love of God
In the name of Jesus
The groom who gave his life
To love his bride

Shelter

In the arms of a good Father
You can go to the deep water
Where the questions, we have left unspoken
Come out in the open
We will find shelter here

So I lay down, what I cannot hold in my hands
Every sorrow and hope spinning out of control
And here I find sweet resolution comes in letting go
And we will find shelter here

When I look back I can see,
And when I am old I'll remember these things
Like a mountain of stone
And the longing that makes me believe...

There is a tree by the blue river
Where the shade stretches wide over
In this breaking we are hand and glove
Come with me my love
We will find shelter here
We will find shelter here...

by Sandra McCraken