“Last night at church the New Years eve service was so wonderful..Amen..but the thing that really spoke to my heart was when the Pastor says..God doesn’t count our sins..when it comes to His love for us..Amen..but he says people stop to recognize the sins always..before they can ever decide if they are going to love you..Amen..for you see God keeps no records of our wrongs the things that we’ve done in our lives..1 Corinthians 13:5..Praise the Lord..but people on the other hand keep count of it all..somehow we never really let go of what others have done in their lives..we hold on to it forever and ever and ever..we talk about people and all of their shortcomings as if to say we will get some sort of award for doing so..or just to make ourselves look better..we talk about others..and their sins..and their mistakes and their failures and their short comings..again..as if to say we have none..or as I say like it’s some kind of award were gonna win in doing so..or again..just to make ourselves feel better about us and who we are and how we live..because most of the time when others discuss others..in the fact of their sins so to speak..it is only to make themselves feel good about their own sins..or to get others to take their eyes off from them and what they’re doing in their life..to place eyes else were..Amen!”

“But honestly guys when I think about Gods love for us..His agape love..John 3:16..that He so freely gives it totally blows my mind..Amen..how He loves us even in our messes..even when we do wrong..how He forgives a thousand times over..and how He does keep no record of our wrongs..He doesn’t stop to see or to think are they worthy of my love?..never does He do that..for you see God is love and His love is always available to us..1 John 4:8..Amen..but now people on the other hand..their love when they give it comes with conditions..Amen..if you treat me this way..I’ll love you..if you do what I want..I will love you..if you’re good to me..well..then I will love you..if you bend over backwards for me..well..again I will love you..Amen..there is this somehow give and take with people and their love..Amen..but not with the Lord..His love is like none other..Amen..it is unconditional..it isn’t this you do this..and I will love you..no He loved us even while we were sinners..and chose to die for us..that we could live..Romans 5:8..Amen..and even now when we are so full of ourselves..He never stops loving us..He is always there waiting on us..to come to Him..but as far as loving us..that never ever is a question about God and who He is..Amen!”

“If only people could truly love as the Lord loves..and truly forgive as God forgives..and truly not keep a record of others and their wrongs that they have done..can you only imagine how lives would change..how friendships would change..how marriages would change..how honestly everything would change..because Gods love changes us..and it changes us from glory to glory..to be more like our Father..Amen..I know we’re not perfect people..but we are forgiven people..and we are children of the Lord..Amen..for the message last night was, “Look what the Lord has done!”..Amen..and really if we all stop and look back at what the Lord has done..and what the Lord continues to do..well..as far as grace for others..and love for others..well that should come easy for us..because I can say if it was not for the Lord where would any of us be?..Psalm 124:2..Amen..because God grace is a gift..and it says that no man should boast..Ephesians 2:8-9..Amen..so how about this year..we stop it with the blaming..with the talking about everyone..with the hating on everyone..with the judging everyone..with the jealousy..with the counting sins of everyone else but ourselves..Amen..but instead truly wanting to please God..and truly wanting to make a difference in others and their lives..and we do this all by love..Praise the Lord..so if your not loving than what are you doing?..pretending?..faking it?..I’m not too sure but you know God knows..so this year let us please Him..and truly please Him..and especially in our speech and in our talking about others..Colossians 4:6-8..that has to come to an end..for it is in His name, Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi