About Biblical Love
Some friends were over last night for a Valentine’s celebration and we feasted on a potato bar (baked potato with about 10 choices of toppings) and the Word. What a great evening! Our culture seems to claim to have the market on what love is… in movies, magazines, tv, etc. But we studied 1 Corinthians 13– what constitutes “true love.” Here are some nuggets we came away with.
Verse 8 says, “Love Never Fails.” There is only one person that can claim this– God himself. His standard is high!
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
How are we doing in each of these areas? We discovered that we came up pretty short. Our desire should be to emulate Him in all of them. As we grow in him, He forgives us through Christ and will give us the ability to follow him more closely.
Love is sacrificial. It is never motivated by self-centered desires.
The verse which concludes the “love passage,” –”And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” When we meet God face to face, we will perfect intimacy with Him and will therefore not need faith and hope as they will be completely fulfilled. But love will remain… for God is Love!
May you know this kind of love this Valentine’s season!
A Big “Thank You”
A big “thank you” to all who entered the Home Educators contest. We were blessed by all the wonderful comments on our blog. We had 6 book winners (listed below) but so everyone wins something…and to thank all who entered, we are offering 45% discount on LifeSong Books- no limit. To receive discount, type “homeeducators” in the coupon box of your online order! This coupon is good through December 24, 2011. Don’t wait! Go to our website at www.lifesongpublishers.com. Merry Christmas to you all!
Congratulations Contest Winners!
Congratulations Contest Winners: Mary, Dawn L, Teresa, Denise Phillips, Pamela Fanney, and Becky Boles. I have replied to your posts with the instructions on how to claim your Help Me Remember picture book prize. We were blessed by all the wonderful comments on our blog. To thank you all, we are offering 45% discount on LifeSong Books- no limit. To receive discount, type “homeeducators” in the coupon box of your online order! 
This coupon is good through December 24, 2011. Merry Christmas to you all!
The Homeschool Educators contest
We are moving up the drawing for The Homeschool Educators contest for the free picture book. We have realized that in order to make use of the prize for Christmas, it needs to be sooner. So the drawing will now be on December 8th, 2011. There is still plenty of time to enter so take a look at the post below this on and enter now if you have not already done so!
Home Educating Family Reader Contest
Greetings, Home Educating Family fans! We’re so glad you stopped by to enter our contest. Six random winners will win a “Help Me Remember” picture book! We know your children will love these books, and entering is easy.
- 1. Look through the LifeSong books on the website www.LifeSongPublishers.com and determine the most interesting title.
- 2. Leave a comment under this post with the name of a book and why it is interesting to you.
- 3. For an extra entry follow LifeSong Publishers on Twitter. Leave a SEPARATE comment here telling us your Twitter name.
- 4. We will announce the winners at the end of the contest here on the blog.
That’s it! The contest ends December 19, 2011 so get clicking and let us know what title you like!
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how to avoid a broken heart…but the cost it brings (Seth Kniep)
C. S. Lewis wrote in his book The Four Loves, “Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give your heart to no one. It will not be broken, it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The only place outside of heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all dangers and perturbations of love, is hell.”
