To some, love is a feeling but what if you don't have that feeling anymore to your husband or wife? Will you be out of that marriage? Nope. I haven't been married yet but I said no to those questions because love is a choice. God gave us even a choice to love him or walk away but of course, if we are going to choose to love him, blessings will follow, so choose to love and not walk away from your relationship with the Lord or from your marriage. It's all about choice. Choose to love.
Friday, February 26, 2021
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Are You Tired of Loving And Never Received The Love You Were Longing For?
When you love someone, you long to be loved with the same level of love you are offering but what if that person doesn't reciprocate the love you are giving him or her? It's frustrating , right? But God's love never fails. He's the only one who can love us without fail. Check out the video below to learn more of his unfailing love.
Have You Been Broken Hearted?
Have you been Broken-hearted? How did it affect you? Where did you go and what do you do during your heart break? Here's a special video for you to watch and you can learn something from this. Happy Heart's Day!
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
Is It Lack of Love or Lack of Friendship?
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I read this quote from a philosopher that said,
“It is not a lack of love,
but a lack of friendship
that makes unhappy marriages.”
Is that true? Well, i can not answer that question from a marriage perspective because I'm not yet married nor have been married before but i know that the Bible can answer that question.
In Ephesians 5:25 (New Century Version), its says there,
Husbands, love your wives
as Christ loved the church
and gave himself for it.
We can also read in Ephesians 5:33, J.B.Phillips New Testament Translation:
Men ought to give their wives the love
they naturally have for their own bodies.
The love a man gives his wife is the extending of his love
for himself to enfold her.
Nobody ever hates or neglects his own body;
he feeds and looks after it.
And that is what Christ does for his body,
the Church.
And we are all members of that body,
we are his flesh and blood!
‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’.
The marriage relationship is doubtless
a great mystery, but I am speaking of something deeper still—
the marriage of Christ and his Church.
In practice what I have said amounts to this:
let every one of you who is a husband love his wife
as he loves himself;
let the wife reverence her husband.
It also says in 1 Corinthians 13:13 that, "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Love is the greatest. It surpasses faith and hope and how much more friendship. So if love is the greatest, love should be the main ingredient or the main reason why one is married. Love should be the reason why you want to marry and why you want to be with that person the rest of your life. Friendship is just a fruit of that love.
Love was also written first as the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22, among others.
But what is love?
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (New International Version) define love this way:
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails.
New Century version says,
Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud.
Love is not rude, is not selfish, and does not get upset with others.
Love does not count up wrongs that have been done.
Love takes no pleasure in evil but rejoices over the truth.
Love patiently accepts all things.
It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures.
Love never ends
I love how J.B Phillips New Testament Translates it,
This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience—
it looks for a way of being constructive.
It is not possessive:
it is neither anxious to impress
nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance.
Love has good manners
and does not pursue selfish advantage.
It is not touchy.
It does not keep account of evil
or gloat over the wickedness of other people.
On the contrary,
it is glad with all good men when truth prevails.
Love knows no limit to its endurance,
no end to its trust,
no fading of its hope;
it can outlast anything.
It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands
when all else has fallen.
(emphasis mine)
I love that, "Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has fallen.
And from those passages, love is an action word. If its action and you get tired of loving, then you need to go to the source of love everyday to refresh that love for your wife or husband. God is the source of love and i believe that if the husband and wife have their personal relationship with the source of love...the lover of our soul..the Lord Jesus Christ, they wont fall out of love and won't look for someone else to love because that love for his/her spouse will just be renewed everyday as they spend time to the Lord- the giver, the source and the author of LOVE.
May you love your spouse until Jesus comes. Enjoy your marriage!
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Love Is...
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1 Corinthians 13:4-8
(New Living Translation)
Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
It does not demand its own way.
It is not irritable,
and it keeps no record of being wronged.
It does not rejoice about injustice
but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up,
never loses faith,
is always hopeful,
and endures through every circumstance.
Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages
and special knowledge will become useless.
But love will last forever!
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(I put "copyright" on my every post because this is my blog site, it's like my signature on my every post.)
By the grace of God I am what I am.
Friday, November 2, 2012
From Womb To Tomb....
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Motherhood is from womb to tomb...
(a quote from a former beauty queen)
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I put "copyright" on my every post because this is my blog site, it's like my signature on my every post.
By the grace of God I am what I am
Monday, August 20, 2012
A Painter Meets Mr. Painter
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| Mrs Painter's Love Inspired Painting |
I love love stories. I love the word LOVE.
I love these verses regarding love...Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love
in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not
self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no
account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered
wrong]. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever
ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under
all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to
an end]. As for prophecy ( the gift of interpreting the divine will and
purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will
be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will
lose its value and be superseded by truth].And so faith, hope, love abide [faith—conviction and belief
respecting man’s relation to God and divine things; hope—joyful and
confident expectation of eternal salvation; love—true affection for God and man, growing out of God’s love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love.- I Corinthians 13:4-13 Amplified Version.
Love is not blind, it sees more not less but because it sees more, it is willing to see less...and this is one of my favorite love quotes since i was in elementary. I read it from a christian book during my early christian life.
Now, talking about love and love stories, let me share this wonderful love story that i really like. I happened to interview a co-blogger and a friend who found her love. She's a blogger and an artist at the same time. She paints so i call this love story as, A Painter Meets Mr. Painter (the last name of her found lover, whose last name become now hers).
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| Mrs Painter's other Love Inspired Painting |
Here's my interview with Mrs Theresa Flores-Painter.....
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
What was your dream wedding?
Theresa Flores Painter:
My dream wedding had
always been a simple one, very intimate and private, only 50 very carefully and
picked out guests composed of family and long time friends but memorable and
elegant. And that's what Russell gave me.
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
Have it ever occured in your mind
that you will not be able to get married
and stay single forever? If so, how
did you overcome it?
Theresa Flores Painter:
Yes it had. I dreamed
of getting married someday but I feared getting involved again because I've been
hurt before. It took a lot of prayers and a great amount of understanding
from my husband who was then my boyfriend and best friend. I was single by
choice. I wouldn't let anyone in until I was certain this was the one. I
have so much love to give and I'd only give it to someone I'd fully trust and
he has to prove his worth.
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
How did you meet each other?
Theresa Flores Painter:
We met 12 years ago on
the net. Our love story is one for the record.
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
How long did you wait for him to
meet you in person?
Theresa Flores Painter:
Three years ago, he
asked permission to visit but I didn't let him. I knew if we got together he
could fall for me as he already expressed interest then but I was still hurting
from my previous broken relationship. I thought it wouldn't be fair to him if I would let him come and I was only half-hearted about the visit. Even though I thought
I wasn't in love with him then yet, I cared for him very much and was very
careful not to hurt him because I know how it felt to be rejected and
hurt by someone you love.
We continued to be
friends despite that. I still cared for him, he still cared for me and our
friendship continued to grow, Finally sometime in August 2011, he tried to get
my permission to let him visit and this time I said yes .
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
How long were you engaged before you got married?
Theresa Flores Painter:
We got engaged Feb.
23, 2012 and got married August 3, 2012. 5 months and 11 days
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
Theresa Flores Painter:
Russell knows me too
well to know how to do it in a way I might prefer it to be done. I won't go
into details but it was very private and quiet which was what I liked.And after
I said yes, we went to talk to my parents and asked their blessing.
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
How did you know that he is the
one?
Theresa Flores Painter:
You just know.
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
Can you tell more about Mr
Painter (His civil status before you met him)?
Theresa Flores Painter:
Russell was married
when I met him. He introduced me to his wife who was also handicapped and it was
her that I was initially close to. She died in 2006 and our loss ( he lost a
wife and I lost a very good, close friend) both affected us so much and found
comfort in each other as we both have good memories of her.
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| Mr. Painter and his son from his late wife |
Russell is into woodwork. He makes bowls and pens and candlesticks out of different wood
materials as a hobby. He is also a motorcyclist and used to be a very active
member of "Christian Motorcyclists Association" (CMA) in Australia.
He's still a member but he lives here now.
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
How did you prepare for your
wedding?
Theresa Flores Painter:
With a lot of prayers
and help from friends.
Wedding Dreams And Reality:
You are a blessed woman, i can say. What can you tell single people who
want to get married yet still single and already reached their late 30's or
40's? What encouragement can you give to those who are physically challenged
who want to settle down?
Theresa Flores Painter:
If it's God's will,
it'll happen. Just pray, trust God and Choose wisely. Don't rush! Wait for the
right person.
To the physically
challenged, don't lose hope. We have as much right and chance as everybody
else. The challenge is to find someone exceptional who can see past the
physical defects and love you for the person you've become.
Thank you for giving me the chance to share my story with you. God bless!
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Thank you, Thess for sharing your wonderful love story.
God bless you and your husband, too!
Keep on loving God...keep on loving each other and stay happy!
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NOTE: photos courtesy of Mrs Thess Flores Painter. You can also visit her blogs here:
Copyright © 2012 by Mari Ann Rose "Mariah" F. Gadapan . All rights reserved worldwide.
I put "copyright" on my every post because this is my blog site, it's like my signature on my every post.
By the grace of God I am what I am
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