Happy February, #JustWrite!! This month's blog is short and sweet. We are at the midpoint of the month and the following scriptures have resonated with me:
Psalm 143:8: “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life."
Proverbs 3:3-4: “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man."
Both scriptures speak to a person's dependency on God's love to see him or her through life's many trials and the importance of us keeping God's love and His word so close that it becomes one with us. Many of us at some point of our life have or are seeking the kind of love that is romantic, love that is filled with flawed expectations and mistakes, love with the intention of hurting us if we're not wise. As believers and writers, our intentions should be rooted in the desire to love and to be loved, God's way. God's love is pure, righteous, and intentional. The most beautiful notion about love is when a person loves who he or she is, it gives an instant freedom to share that same love with the world either as an expression or gesture. We all know God displayed His love in the scripture John 3:16 which states, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
So as believers, what is our intent with love? To display love with our selfish motives or in the way God displayed it to the world, with purpose? As writers, our intent is to love as an expression through our creativity with the purpose of educating and inspiring those who read our stories. In 2020, I've already seen evidence of God's love through the miraculous union of couples and also through the creation of various projects, or as some would say, labors of love. I wrote a previous blog about loving our stories and the truths that are revealed in those stories. #JustWrite, it is evident that the time is now for us to express and create which displays our love for who God created us to be in the earth. Remember God's Word and love is unfailing and faithful. What will you express?
In His service,
Lequvia Ousley
Proverbs 3:3-4: “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man."
Both scriptures speak to a person's dependency on God's love to see him or her through life's many trials and the importance of us keeping God's love and His word so close that it becomes one with us. Many of us at some point of our life have or are seeking the kind of love that is romantic, love that is filled with flawed expectations and mistakes, love with the intention of hurting us if we're not wise. As believers and writers, our intentions should be rooted in the desire to love and to be loved, God's way. God's love is pure, righteous, and intentional. The most beautiful notion about love is when a person loves who he or she is, it gives an instant freedom to share that same love with the world either as an expression or gesture. We all know God displayed His love in the scripture John 3:16 which states, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
So as believers, what is our intent with love? To display love with our selfish motives or in the way God displayed it to the world, with purpose? As writers, our intent is to love as an expression through our creativity with the purpose of educating and inspiring those who read our stories. In 2020, I've already seen evidence of God's love through the miraculous union of couples and also through the creation of various projects, or as some would say, labors of love. I wrote a previous blog about loving our stories and the truths that are revealed in those stories. #JustWrite, it is evident that the time is now for us to express and create which displays our love for who God created us to be in the earth. Remember God's Word and love is unfailing and faithful. What will you express?
In His service,
Lequvia Ousley
