Entries by Learning to Live in the Garden of Grace

Love Never Fails

Love is a choice; it’s not a feeling. Love chooses the gentle and quiet spirit over the screaming. Love is an action; it is a verb. Love never chooses the selfish way; instead, love follows God’s Word. The Lord says that love is patient and kind. Love never says, “Hey, that’s mine!” Love is slow […]

Cut Those Heart Strings

I need to remind myself every single day that what the Lord commands of us He enables us to do and provides all that we need. I can so easily get into performance mode, but that is not the gospel. In Deuteronomy 10 beginning in verse 12 it says, “And now Israel, what does the […]

An Affair of the Heart

An affair, you say? No, I would never let that come my way. I love my husband; he’s the only man for me. An affair, you say? No, it would never occur to me. I love my man; my heart wouldn’t look to another. My husband is the best; he’s my friend and my lover. […]