Eternal Love

It’s Thanksgiving Eve and I’m already listening to Christmas songs. I love to sing along and feel the Holy Spirit as rejoicing comes out of my heart. Today while singing the Lord began talking to me about my children’s generation. They are in their 30’s and have seen a lot of changes in their short lives. Many come from divorced homes and do not want to go through marriage because they feel it will end in pain and suffering. With these thoughts the Lord said “I have set the stage.” Here are the thoughts that followed;

“In a time of intense coldness the younger generation is looking for warm hearts. Though they are afraid to take the risk to love, they yearn after true love. Married couples, and couples with families are a testimony of this love. The younger generation are on the outside, looking in, and because it is so cold where they are, they want to be warm.

“True love is eternal and comes from God. Their relationships will work if they give their lives to Me. So I have set the stage for Christian families to tell the cold ones how to get warm . . . how to enter into a Life where love is eternal.”

While the Lord was speaking, a longing built up in me, breaking out through tears, sobbing, and wailing. I could hear and feel the suffering of those shut off from eternal Love. “They think it is a dream,” said the Lord. “It’s a dream that is real.”

Yes, this is a time when the hearts of men grow cold (Mt 24:12) and our enemy wars against relationships. But what our enemy meant for bad, God will use for good. Godly love, whether in a marriage, or in a friendship, is strong and endures. Love sends its roots down deeper as we press ourselves into God during the cold, dark nights. Day comes in the morning and refreshes us with light and warmth. The younger generation needs to see the resiliency of our relationships. They are looking for love, and we are its testimony. May you be encouraged this Thanksgiving to share, give, and receive love from the bountiful source, God our Father. Amen.