Hope Fellowship Community Church

My wife, Beverly, and some of her friends were in the news this week. Check it out here. Be sure and watch the video too.

The story is such a great reminder of how much stuff we have here in America. My mother-in-law, Sandy, wrote an email to us about a conversation she had with a man from another country. He was surprised at how much we love things. He said that he doesn't love things. "I love my son and I love you." He was intrigued that we work so hard for our things but we do not always work to help people. 

I am guilty of loving things and that is something I really need to work on. I see how it affects the relationships in my life and I don’t like it.
Unfortunately things are much easier to love because they can’t hurt you.
However they also can’t tell you that they love you back; they can’t hug you and squeeze you and give you a kiss. They can’t hold you tight when something hurts and they can’t tell you how great you look or give you that smile that says I love you.

Love is a choice and where we direct that love, whether it is to people or things, is one of the most important decisions we have to make.