I Am Called to Love

The last 19 months have been filled with fear, confusion, doubt, worry, anxiety, and despair as I have followed the presidential election of 2016. I tend to let my fears, my insecurities, my lack of trust rule my thinking. However, during these last 19 months I have seen light in the darkness. 

The Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 13:1 - "Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." I am subjected to respect the authorities established by God but I am command to love. Love my God. Love my neighbor. Love myself. What have I to fear? God is in control of EVERYTHING.

An influential pastor from New York encourages the following:
1)Pray for wisdom. 
2)Vote your conscience. 
3)Ask for the grace of God to cover your choice and the choices of everyone else. 
4)And then GO and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR... because that's how this world changes. Politics matter but the love of one person to another matter most.

Often the Scriptures remind me that I am here to love. In Matthew 22, Jesus answers the question, "Which is the greatest commandment in the Law? "Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’  This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  I am called to love those God has placed in my life as my family and friends. I am called to love those God has placed in my life as authorities. I am called to love those God has placed in my life as strangers, my neighbors. If I truly trust in Him, I have nothing to fear this election because He is in control of all things.

All that matters today is that I am called to love.

Time Flies

It has been far too long, dear reader, that I last shared snippets from the lives of my favorite little family. So much has happened over the year that I really want to  be vigilant in recording our moments together. Before I know it, my littles will be grown and starting lives (and God-willing, families) of their own. While I'd currently love some quiet and peace, knowing one day the laughing, crying, whining, screaming, and never ending hugs and kisses will not be as commonplace breaks a part of my heart. For five years, being a SAHM mom and wife are the vocational roles I've grown most accustomed to and to think of those roles changing seems rather daunting. However, I know God has beautiful plans for me and my family and I truly do look ahead to the joy that is to come. So, dear reader, welcome back!