Heart Thoughts

Where True Strength Comes From

A house is just a house, until love comes in,

transforming ordinary dust into angel dust.

Money has the power to pay for a house,

but only love can furnish it with homey feelings.

Duty can make you pack a kid's lunch, but

love inspires you to tuck a little note inside.

Keeping up can cause you to own a TV set,

but love controls the remote.

Needing time alone can lead you to put the

children to bed, but love tucks the covers in and

reads a story.

Obligation can make you buy groceries,

but love enhances a delicious meal with flowers

and candles.

Compulsion keeps a sparkling house and

manicured lawn, but love creates a play place

inside and out.

Responsibility carries out the necessary tasks,

but love enables you to do them for the

sheer joy of service.

Accountability can motivate you to pay the

bills, but love inspires you to offer a prayer of

thanks for blessings symbolized by each check.

Duty can motivate you to call your faraway

family members, but love frees you to prepare a

care package full of their favorite things.

Yes, strength of will can keep things from

falling into despair, but the power of love makes

life worth living.

Provoking heart thoughts, that I cannot claim as my own,

 but were read this morning from

 God's Little Lessons on Life for Women

~~Questions my heart has started asking and is waiting

 for complete answers~~

where is my strength coming from

who is motivating me

what am I doing to make a difference

am I longing for what was, instead of what is

life is moving quickly~am I fulfilling HIS plan

am I just living Life

(Picture taken and shared by someone dear to my heart.)

The Lord will give strength to HIS people, the Lord will bless HIS people, with peace.  Psalm 29:11 NASB