Servant of God: June – Loving Well… put into practice..!

Sunday, June 30, 2013

June – Loving Well… put into practice..!

I have been very challenged lately about putting into practice what I am learning about loving others from my various studies this morning. I don’t want to just learn something new or be reminded about what I need to do and not do anything about it. I want my life to be transformed. I want to be able to look back at the end of the summer and see changes in my life in how I love others.

One of the studies asks us to commit to do various things to put it into practice and I am trying to fulfill those commitments. Last Friday, the “to do” request was to choose one person that I can love creatively today and do it. I decided that I wanted to show Shane how much he is loved and take him out to dinner… where he could have whatever he wanted and I wouldn't stress over the money (Helps that I had a gift card… since money is one area that I do stress about too often…) We went to Kidd Valley down by Gene Coulon for burgers, onion rings, fried mushrooms and topped it off with a Butterfinger shake (well… at least I let him finish off my shake since he chose a coke and then realized how good the shakes were after the fact).

After dinner we were able to walk along the water and just talk for awhile. We both had a lot of fun and he kept asking what the special occasion was that just the two of us were going out to eat. It was nice to see him relax and just to be able to enjoy him for awhile. The next day I surprised him by inviting one of his friends to come stay the night after the youth movie night at church. They had fun laughing at America's Funniest Home videos and playing Wii games.

I look forward to more ways that I can creatively love Shane in the future… and others that God places on my heart to love. I know that I have a far way to go to love others well but we are all in process and the goal for me is to just love better today than I was before.