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Wintry waterfalls … and thoughts on love

As the frozen snow at our house is trying its best to melt, I wound up coming across some frozen waterfall photos from the archives (March 2019) which I don’t think I’ve shared before. Frozen waterfalls have a…

February 14, 2025What is God like?, What is love?

It flows downstream!

A few days ago, the blog posts looked at the passage in Romans 5:1-5:"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by…

October 3, 2024Life Lessons, What is love?

It all flows downstream …

Here you can see 400-foot Waimoku Falls, in Haleakalā National Park. This enormous, beautiful waterfall can represent God's love pouring out for us! God is love! (1 John 4:8) The very essence and character of God is love!Because…

June 25, 2024What is God like?, What is love?

Identity: I am Loved #4

“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.” …

November 29, 2021Identity, What is love?

Identity: I am Loved #3

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” -1 John 4:10

November 28, 2021Identity, What is love?

Identity: I am Loved #2

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us.” -1 John 3:16

November 27, 2021Identity, What is love?

Identity: I am Loved #1

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” -John 3:16

November 26, 2021Identity, What is love?

When the “power” goes out …

When the power goes out, things which were never an issue before suddenly become a problem … such as … smoke-detectors. As long as there is power, smoke-detectors (which are hard-wired into the house) work perfectly fine. But…

October 24, 2021What is God like?, What is love?

The “power” is going out.

How many of you, when the power is out, you enter a room (such as a bathroom) and instinctively flip the light-switch on without even thinking. In a brief instant of momentary confusion, you’re taken off guard when…

October 23, 2021What is love?, Who is Jesus?

Fruit of Spirit Self-Control #7

The Fruit of the Spirit is SELF-CONTROL. Over the course of the past week we have been considering the similarities between raging wildfires, and the raging lack of self-control we are observing in our world and in society…

October 21, 2021Relationships, What is God like?, What is love?