John, Helen and Everyone,

Just as God loves us unconditionally, he wants us to love others
unconditionally, and that means passing along those lovings and squeezings!
All the time! Loving! Loving!loving! and more lovings! Yes, it may sound
silly, but it really isn't when you stop and think about it. There is
nothing more beautiful in the world than love! and God's love for us!

I kept what you wrote, John, and I am going to pass it on to others.

In God's loving us, he is also forgiving us for our sins, but I always
think it's good to ask for forgiveness, and it's like apologizing to God
for what we did wrong.

I'll give you an example.

One night last week, I got upset with VErnon because he had left his dirty
clothes on the flloor in the bathroom. I told him I wasn't going to pick
them up and that he had to pick them up. God instantly spoke to me and told
me that was wrong of me to do. He told me that it is my job as a wife to
Vernon to pick up after him. I thought about it, and I prayed about it. I
asked God for forgiveness and I did apologize for not being loving. I also
apologized to VErnon and asked for his forgiveness. I told him that God
told me I was wrong and why. Vernon told me that we are suppose to take
care of each other and not complain about it. He was so very right.

I will pick up his dirty clothes now, and I will not complain about it. I'm
praising God that He let me know this.

It seems like the lessons we learn from God are endless and I'm learning
many lessons this year. I'm also praising God with each lesson He teaches me.

So once again! You are all precious and sweet and made out of love, full of
love, and so very loving! <squeeze> lol.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
At 06:10 PM 10/1/04, you wrote:
>Helen, surely, these are wonderful verses.  People don't realize that God
>has forgiven them for all sins, past, present and future.  And, people
>don't forgive themselves.  Aren't you glad he said, the East is from the
>west, and not the North is from the South?  The Lord said, in Jeremiah 31:3:
>
>Jer 31:3  The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have
>loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I
>drawn thee.
>
>God can't love us any more than he already does, today.  And there is
>nothing that we can do to make Him stop loving us.  As the verse said, an
>everlasting love.  And, if that isn't enough, read ?Romans Chapter
>8:35-39.  If you will allow these truths into your life, I promise you,
>they will affect your life.  You will grow in your Christian life move
>forward with confidence and without fear and start loving people
>unconditionally, as God loves us, no matter how they treat you.  That
>reminds me of another verse:
>
>Eph 4:32  And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
>another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
>
>Here is another that came up in my search for the other.
>
>Col 3:13  Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man
>have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.
>
>Start to realize just how much, God has forgiven you, and you will be able
>to start forgiving people for what they have done to you.
>
>earlier, Helen, wrote:
> >Failure and Success: Paralysis From Past Mistakes
> >
> >For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward
> >those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He
> >removed our transgressions from us. --Psalm 103:11-12
> >
> >Do not let any of the things of the world or past mistakes paralyze your
> >hearts. I believe there are Christians who have allowed some of their past
> >mistakes to paralyze them. You were so bright and cheerful in your
> >spiritual life once, and then you made some tragic mistake or had something
> >happen to you. You got out of it somehow, and prayed and wept your way out
> >of it. But it did something to you, and now you cannot lick it. Past wrongs
> >that have been done to you, past failures, times you thought you were going
> >to win and did not, or present sins or discouragement-these things are not
> >mental at all. They are deeper than that; they are subconscious, and they
> >prevent us from believing.
> >
> >I most urgently exhort you, and I trust God Almighty to deliver you; to
> >sponge that out of your spirit; to sponge that out of your heart so you are
> >not hindered by unbelief. Rut, Rot or Revival: The Condition of the Church,
> >pp. 162-163
> >
> >"Lord, I'm surely not the only one who desperately needs this reminder this
> >morning. So many of us struggle with past sins, failures, or hurts. I pray
> >for all of my fellow-servants who need deliverance, who need to have the
> >past sponged out of their spirits and hearts. Amen."
>
>John
>
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