Love makes the difference

"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)

"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom 5:8)

There were two warring tribes in the Andes, one that lived in the lowlands and the other high in the mountains. The mountain people invaded the lowlands one day, and as part of their plundering of the people, they kidnaped a baby of one of the lowlander families and took the infant with them back up into the mountains.

The lowlanders did not know how to climb the mountain. They did not know any of the trails that the mountain people used, and they did not know where to find the mountain people or how to track them in the steep terrain.

Even so, they sent out their best party of fighting men to climb the mountain and bring the baby home. The men tried first one method of climbing and then another. They tried one trail and then another. After several days of effort, however, they had climbed only several hundred feet. Feeling hopeless and helpless, the lowlander men decided that the cause was lots, and they prepared to return to their village below.

As they were packing their gear for the descent, they saw the baby’s mother walking toward them. They realized that she was coming down the mountain that they had not figured out how to climb.
And then they saw that she had the baby strapped to her back. How could that be?
One man greeted her and said, "We couldn’t climb this mountain. How did you do this when we, the strongest and most able men in the village, couldn’t do it?"

She shrugged her shoulders and said, "It wasn’t your baby."

-Anonymous-

Hi peoples!
Love is a great motivation in all that we do. No wonder the Lord desires us to know Him intimately and to return to our first love.
When we are in love with Him, our perspective of our quiet time with Him changes, our motivation in life changes, serving Him changes.
There is only one thing that can keep us in His will ultimately, and that is if we continue to let this passion burn!

-jo-