Love Letter . . . NOT!

I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance.

I know you cannot tolerate wicked people.

You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name's sake and not grown weary.

YET, I HOLD THIS AGAINST YOU . . .

Your have left your first love -- ME.

Jesus

(taken from Rev. 2:2-4).

No, this is NOT the love letter I would want to receive from Jesus, the lover of my soul.

I have to stop and think--if Jesus were to write me a love letter,
stating all the things He loves about me, 

would there be a YET included?

Today, on a day that is set aside for LOVE,
Let's take time to remember Jesus . . .
The One who gave everything He had for us,
and is going to share everything He has with us.

"Now if we are children, then we are heirs -- heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, 

if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory." (Rom. 8:17).

If you have gotten caught up in the busyness of life and in the busyness of "doing" church and have lost your first love, all you have to do is:

• Remember from what heights you have fallen (Where did Jesus pick you up? Out of the miry clay or beside your road of broken dreams?)
• Repent and turn away from what seems to drive you away for Him
• Go back and do the things you did when you first met Jesus

Then rest in the fact that:

"To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat of the tree of life, 

which is in the paradise of God." (Rev. 2:7).

Happy Valentine's Day!

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