LOVE LETTERS|DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR SINGLES|DAY 324

Scripture for today

 

There was a very unusual military funeral in California in December of 2013. Sgt. First Class Joseph Gantt, who fought in both World War II and the Korean War, was laid to rest. He had been captured in Korea in 1950 and died the following year. But his body was not returned for many years, and his death was never confirmed by the North Koreans.

His wife, Clara, waited for decades for her husband to come back. She regularly went to meetings with government officials seeking information about what had happened. Clara even bought a house and had it professionally landscaped so all Joseph would have to do when he came home was go fishing. She was ninety-four years old when his remains were finally brought home for a military funeral with full honors. It wasn’t the homecoming she dreamed of, but she finally knew his fate. Clara told a reporter who interviewed her, “He told me if anything happened to him, he wanted me to remarry. And I told him ‘No, no.’ Here I am, still his wife, and I’m going to remain his wife until the day the Lord calls me home.”

Love—true, godly love—is not temporary or transient. Love is a commitment that is meant to last. Love is not based on everything going right or always being happy. Love is not an emotional feeling but rather a choice of the will. Casual commitments do not produce a foundation for deep and meaningful relationships. Instead we should love others as God loves us—with an unfailing love that never ends.

WHEN WE DECIDE TO LOVE SOMEONE IT IS A COMMITMENT THAT NO MATTER THE SITUATION WE ARE TO HOLD ON TO. As singles, we are not to love people when all is rosy and sweet it includes when  they are their worst. Mark Gungor said domething "you dont marry peoples actions, you marry their reactions" How would you react to the person you claim to love when all the chips are down, when they can't even help themselves and be their best.

Prayer: Father, help me understand what love truly is.

LOVE LETTERS|DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR SINGLES|DAY 244

Scripture for today

2 Samuel 11:1 AMPC

IN THE spring, when kings go forth to battle, David sent Joab with his servants and all Israel, and they ravaged the Ammonites [country] and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.

We are going to take a walk through the extramarital affair of David and see lessons we can lean from there as singles. David was a great king he had fought so many battles and remained victorious. He came into limelight when he conquered the giant. He was famous for being the giant killer 1 Samuel 17:49 and even when he became king he won so many battles, he was victorious in all ways possible. His walk with God was so on point. He was a praiser and worshipper, David was one man who danced until his clothes where torn. So he was that crazy about God. You can read from 1 Samuel 17- 2 Samuel  to know more about him. After all the might victories why did David fall into adultery and which led to so many other chaos in his life?

From 2 Samuel 11:1, I got to realize that one of the mistakes he made was to feel he needed to rest from battles. He had won so many battles so why fight again when he had trained people around him enough to do it. We as believers sometimes get to that point where we feel God has given victory over sexual sins or lust in the past so we don't see the need to fight it again. We might have come to the point where we know all the strategies that work and we do not bother fighting so hard again. The life of a Christian is a life of constant battles for control so we are not to relax (Ephesians 6:10-18) Our adversary the devil never rests so we are not to rest in our fight again sin especially sexual sins. Let's not take any season in our lives for granted.

Prayer: Father, help me never to get to that point where I take my walk with you for granted