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What's Love?

 

I was silently disgusted on Super Bowl Sunday at one particular ad. This certain ad was a floral company cunningly implying that if the men of the world would send their woman flowers, they would get "lucky."

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It was repulsive. It sort of made my skin crawl as I was sitting next to my fifteen year old son and wondering what impression that was making on him.

 

Send flowers = get lucky.

Seriously?

 

I have been contemplating love all day. 1 Corinthians defines love so differently.

  

"Love is patient, kind, it doesn't envy, boast, dishonor, or is proud. Love isn't self-seeking, isn't easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love delights in truth; it always protects,  always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres"

 

Wow, love doesn't really have much to do with flowers. Don't get me wrong, I am not against flowers but they don't define if you are loved or not.  Tonight, while sitting in a semi-crowded mall eating Chick-fil-a with my favorite men (Brad, Drew and Jackson) I realized that love was staring me in the face.

 

Love is sitting around a table talking, laughing, and reminiscing about our day.

Love is more than getting lucky .  . .Love is taking turns getting up at the crack of dawn to drive your son across town for football practice.

Love is holding your tongue when you are frustrated. 

Love is spilling out words of encouragement.  

Love is the reassuring glance from across a room that you are the only one.

Love is a quick text during the day showing you are thinking of each other.

Love, in marriage, is getting lucky. 

 

Love is picking up the clothes next to the hamper, silently.

Love is doing the dishes without a dishwasher.

Love tucks your kiddos in at night.

Love holds you close in the darkest of nights.

Love gives. And it gives some more.

And then gives some more.

 

How?  

"We love because He first loved us"

(I John 4:19) 

 

When we realize how lavishly we have been loved, we can liberally love those around us.

Do you believe this?  Meet me in the CJ4H Blog or in the forums  and let's talk about it!  

 

Glad to be here!

Kasey (click on name to meet Kasey)

Kasey&BradEwing Welcome to our newest devotional/blog/forum contributor!  We are so glad that you are here!  Thanks for taking the journey with us!  We already love you deeply!

"Kasey is a 'God-honest' person. She speaks with the voice of a prophet. She
is a no-nonsense person and yet has a bubbling personality. I guess I love the
prophet side of Kasey because, as a prophet myself, I like her pull-no-punches,
take-no-prisoners style. But like Jeremiah, she is a weeping prophet. Pain has
tempered her. Grace has shaped her. God's love has sustained her."
Michael Catt, Sr. Pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA Exec Producer for Sherwood Pictures (Fireproof, Courageous, Facing the Giants)

Evident in her blog and her life, Kasey is passionate about God's Word, family and friends, teaching and writing, and missions. She is a wife, mom, teacher, missionary and
a follower of Jesus. Studying and teaching the Bible is the life blood of her ministry. She loves to see its
truths take root in her life and the lives of those around her, starting with her sons.

Walking through the loss of a twenty-three month old son in August 2001, Kasey has been taken through the fire of adversity. The loss left its scars, but the road to healing has drawn her closer to God and given her a heart to share God's faithfulness with those around her.

 

 
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20 more devotions are needed to complete a special devotional book.  This special devotional will be published for pastor's wives written by pastor's wives.  It will be given at the Southern Baptist Convention Minister's Wives luncheon on Tuesday, June 19.  If you would be interested in writing one of the 20 devotions please contact me.  I'll send you the information you need to be a part of this incredible project!

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