Good afternoon everyone,

Luke 15:16-And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

I try and recall moments when the people I love the most were there for me at times when no one was. My wife Ange in my adult life has been that staple, where I can look back on defining moments when I was real low and draw my appreciation for her lovingly being there for me.

Those moments are what help us come back to appreciating love we may take for granted, or people we have walked away from in strife, not wanting to remember anything good about them. Or even Someone as good as our Lord, who we may be angry with because He has allowed something "we won’t see through" for His purpose and our good (Romans 8 vs 28).

Like the prodigal son it sometimes takes us being real low and humbled before we come to appreciate the Lord. The rebellious son realized that "no man" would give him anything. But that is exactly what the Lord teaches us about recalling His love and appreciating Him. That He is the only One when life, pride, and disobedience brings us low, that can say "It wasn’t because of a lack of love that you left me, so come back!"

In His Love, Ld

On Sep 11, 2012 10:15 AM, "eldoret gentry" <eldorets> wrote: