Love Team

On Mar 30, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Bill Edwards

EVERY PERSON NEEDS A LOVE TEAM. LIFE IS NOT ALWAYS PEACHES AND CREAM. SOMETIMES LIFE IS REALLY SOUR GRAPES AND ROTTEN APPLES. A PERSON CAN BE REALLY HURTING AND FEEL ALONE AND DISCOURAGED  THEN THE LOVE TEAM GETS ON THE BALL AND FINDS WAYS TO BE THERE. THE LOVE TEAM MAY FIRST OF ALL BE FAMILY. IT MAY BE CLOSE FRIENDS, A SMALL SUPPORT GROUP, CLOSE CHURCH FRIENDS. THE LOVE TEAM IS NOT A FIX IT GROUP, THEY ARE A BE THERE GROUP. THE LOVE TEAM KNOWS THEY ARE NOT IN CHARGE. AT THE HEART THE LOVE TEAM IS PRESENT IN THE NAME AND SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST AND TAKES THEIR COUNSEL FROM HIS TEACHINGS AND EXAMPLE. AT THE HEART MESSAGE OF JESUS IS, "NOT MY WILL, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE". IN ORDER FOR THE LOVE TEAM TO DO ITS JOB THERE ARE SIX RULES: 1) I HAVE SURRENDERED YOU TO GOD. 2) I WILL LISTEN FOR COUNSEL FROM HOLY SPIRIT. 3) I WILL WAIT FOR GUIDANCE. 4) I WILL NOT JUMP AHEAD OF YOU IN IMPATIENCE. 5) I WILL PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR WORD. THIS IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN MATTHEW, LUKE, MARK, JOHN AND PSALMS. ALSO IN THE MANY BIBLICAL STORIES. 6) I TRUST GOD WITH ALL MY MIND, HEART, STRENGTH. 

The "Love Team" is a concept I have been using with my children and grandchildren as a way of letting them know family hangs together. We are the first line of care in times of need.

Bill