IS KINDNESS MORE THAN BEING NICE…IS IT ACTUALLY LOVE MADE VISIBLE?

(A writing prompt from “Hope Writers”)

Hello Heart Partners! And a VERY HAPPY VALENTINE’S weekend to each of you!! Here is a favorite verse to speak to your heart about YAHUAH’S love for YOU! Zephaniah 3:17 Amplified “The Lord your God is in your midst, A Warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with joy; He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins] He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.” And let us remember John 3:16 Amplified “For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life.” And for those of you who may struggle with judgment or condemnation…these verses I shall include because YAHUAH LOVES YOU THIS MUCH…John 3:18-19 “Whoever believes and has decided to trust Him [as personal savior and Lord] is not judged [for this one, there is no judgment, no rejection, no condemnation]; but the one who does not BELEIVE [and has decided to reject Him as personal Savior and Lord] is judged already [that none has been convicted and sentenced], because he has not believed and trusted in the name of the [One and] only begotten Son of God [the one who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, the One alone can save Him]. I know that may have been a lot to read and digest…but we often don’t read past the given verse…and truly HE has so much LOVE for us its unfathomable! So, take a PAUSE here…and ask HIM to reveal HIS LOVE for you in real time…then, EXPECT to see HIS manifestations just for YOU! I am pausing too, and ASKING our FATHER for each reader!

So often we can get stuck in thoughts of KINDNESS, are we KIND, are we living out KINDNESS in our everyday lives? Well, I have some food for thought as we celebrate LOVE MONTH, and desire to know deep in our hearts that we are representing HIS LOVE TO ALL! This week, I intentionally journaled about KINDNESS, and LOVE in ACTION…and something unexpected happened…I noticed in every entry that I became more and more intentional for LOVE to actually be made visible specifically for those feeling UNSEEN, and UNHEARD! On one of my outings I met a stranger who simply needed to chat…hmmm do I have time for this, am I interested, or truly what’s up with this person….? These thoughts didn’t even come close to crossing my mind, as my heart could sense his need for fellowship in the cooking aisle! So, here I am…chatting…listening, inviting him to Church…listening some more…and after long pauses, he said, WOW…thank you for letting me just chat with you…I must have needed it! Never once did I look away, feel like running, or cutting him off…all of a sudden I knew…this is what YAHUAH does for us at all times! Could I have been an extension of YAHUAH’S great love for this person? I sure hope so!

Now, let’s flip the tables a bit…as I am still practicing walking my pups…and still struggling so I walk with my son-in-law this week…and out of my mouth flies…”I hate this!” (Fear was consuming me) WHOA strong words for me…as I do not actually enjoy the word “hate.” He said nothing…we kept walking…and after a long pause, he offered to take the boys and simply allow me to walk by them…but I pressed onward, praying and asking my FATHER for help…on our way back after gaining more and more success, I share how sad I am to have said that, as you all know I adore my dogs…and another pause…when he says, “well you could just say, stop being so daft!” WHAT? You want me to use a funny word from a program we all watch each evening? (All Creatures Great and Small). Oh please…is he trying to show me LOVE MADE VISIBLE? Was he judging my strong words, and trying to get me to really think about it? Well, I kept walking and made it home, all the while thinking about this exchange…and I realized…he was simply showing me and giving me an example to turn my heart away from condemnation and toward seeing LOVE made VISIBLE! AH-HA moment….I am ever so grateful for this practice, as I deeply realize that my fear of walking them after the dog attack and broken bones, actually comes from a deep sense of condemnation! But wait…didn’t I start out writing that YAHUSHA never condemns us? Why is this happening for me? And now time to take a big pause and pray….TRUTH IS TRUTH and I need to sink HIS word deep into my own heart…Romans 8:1 Amplified “Therefore there is now NO condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who BELEIVE in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. [John 3:18 above] I know that’s me! And it’s time to receive HIS LOVE, HIS WORD, as pure TRUTH! Can you relate? If so, know I am here championing your journey with and in HIM! You are LOVED and VALUED, and WORTHY OF ALL HE HAS FOR YOU….all because HE DID IT ALL FOR US!

If you ever experience these types of feeling you are not alone…never ever alone! It may appear to be true in the moment, but YAHUAH is always with you waiting for you to speak out to HIM! A dear friend of mine, 1/2 a world away shared a song with me about giving God a call…WOW! So life giving…I was actually stuck in creating and she sent this advice…and in minutes the creative juices flowed through the FATHER to me…and I completed my work! LOVE MADE VISIBLE? Absolutely…this friend knew just what I needed! So, you see…we can live, love, and listen with great intention and all of a sudden we are LOVED, or being LOVED in a moment of desperation! Please enjoy this amazing song…ROYAL TELEPHONE…and a BIG THANK YOU to an angel of a friend!

Sending you all VALENTINE’S BLESSINGS…know you are each loved just for who you are!

Shalom,

DanaKae