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few hours a month or on holidays, relationship. We need to be excited
it's a time in which we build our to spend time with each other
relationship with each other as a creating those precious memories.
family.
Just as in our earthly
This trip was something that relationship, God wants us to be
took a lot of time to plan, and able to spend time with Him daily
finances had to be put aside for creating memories and our
expenses. But it was a great testimonies. If we want to show
investment as it was our way of love and be loved, then we need
showing our love for our parents, our God, who is love, living in us
and our parents showing their love and flowing out of us.
to us by doing something special Here's a perfect example of
for all of us, and with us. love. He loves us more than we
So, are you saying money is love each other and that's a lot. He
love, or money buys love? Not at loves us even at our worst or when
all. I am saying, as in this case, it we have messed up. Shouldn’t this
was used as a gift and a seed be what we want to show others as
sown. A gift to each other, to our well?
parents, children, grandchildren, Love doesn't mean you agree
and to ourselves. These memories with everything someone says or
are the moments for us to does, but that you see past the
remember and to be able to share faults and disagreements of others
such precious times together, and and love them where they are at
they are seeds planted in our period. It means letting God work
children to have and enjoy these out the details and then listening to
memories, hopefully creating more and following his guidance.
of their own as they grow older.
We are commanded in
Doesn't God want all of that I John15:12 to love each other as I
just talked about, as well as have loved you.
enjoying fun times creating
memories and traditions? Of We all want to be loved, and
course, He does. He wants to love us, but He also
wants us to love each other, even
But for you to accomplish those we think are unlovable.
this, you must spend more than a Think of it this way, you're sowing
few hours once a month with each seeds of love and whenever we
other if you want to create and sow seeds, are we not to expect to
share a strong fulfilling
see a harvest, perhaps a harvest of
