What Are You Looking For?

by Godloves.me | 2. January 2022

The delicious honey on my toast is owed to a bunch of busy bees. They go out, look for beautifully smelling flowers and collect nectar. At the same time, they pollinate the plant. A wonderful process full of life starts and beautiful fruit grows from it. 

The circling vulture in a hot desert is a totally different picture. His defined sense of smell takes him to rotten meat! Brutally said, it is his destiny: All his life he is looking for corpses. 

These two images couldn’t be more different. 

During his life, every human is trying to satisfy his inner hunger. Are you doing it like the bee who is looking for fresh nectar and produces amazing honey? Or are you chasing after fleeting distractions that will never satisfy your hunger for life? 

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.

Acts 17:27

How are you defining the way forward?

Scripture of the week: Acts 17:22-34

Help! My battery is empty.

by Godloves.me | 31. December 2021

Often it is in those moments that we are in full gear, when the body and mental strength fail. Suddenly, we bend, the battery fails. Anyone can be affected. 

When it comes to our car, we just give a boost with a cable, however, when it comes to people, the process is time intensive, individual and complex. 

Bleeding out the battery often starts by compensating personal weakness with extreme performance. You could compare it with a failed balancing act. 

Those who can accept their strengths and weaknesses incur lesser risk. If you root in a healthy relationship with God, you can live off it in difficult times. 

Allow God to supply you with His power regularly. This way you gain calm in the midst of stress. The Psalms are a practical treasure trove. 

Scripture of the week: Psalm 42:1-11

Dream Destination Heaven

by Godloves.me | 26. December 2021

Once the vacation is booked, we start dreaming of it. What does the accommodation look like, how fine is the sand at the beach… 

The Bible talks about a new heaven and a new earth. It is the final chapter of God’s story with us. 

After an act of justice, there will be two places: one place separate from God (hell) and one place in communion with God (heaven).

Often we think of heaven way too abstract. It will be a perfect place where we feel entirely comfortable. No physical suffering, no spiritual confusion, no plagues, no effort, no worries, no crises – just pure bliss. 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Revelation 21:1

Imagine heaven in all facets and colors you can imagine. To dream of it makes our daily life easier. However it will be a lot more beautiful than that!

Scripture of the week: Matthew 6:19-21