Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it! I am not rejoicing so much as I am trying not to shiver...I have the space heater going in the bedroom because it is always cooler in there than the rest of the house! But our cold wave will soon be over and temps will warm up again to the seventies by the next few days!
I was out and about yesterday and it was chilly but sunshiny and pleasant.
What a contrast in attendance at the Park between yesterday and Sunday! Hardly anybody there yesterday, but Sunday it was packed! The ( I think it is Koreans) had their annual gathering and the picnic shelter was full and overflowing with people listening to the speaker. The bridge was crowded with people looking over at the turtles and maybe gators and others were walking along the sidewalk. I saw lots of black turtles sunning on the weir and the gopher tortoise lumbering along by his tunnel. God is Good!
From the Promise Bible NLT:
1 John 4:7
Dear Friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God---for God is love.
God showed how much he loves us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God-for God is love.
God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through us.
I always give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis
