Resolve to Love

I resolve to love myself.
Draw some boundaries
to guard health, hope, and peace.
Clear more open space.
Make coveted memories.

I resolve to love others.
Offer the gift of attention
to behold their words and actions.
Bandage worn, distracted souls.
Present calmness and connection.

I resolve to love God.
Place Him above all competing tasks,
divulge my heart as a thankful soul unmasked,
listen carefully, and then
share his joy along a troubled world’s path.

I resolve to love myself, others, and God.
Simplifying life by the means of these filters
draws me ever closer to the heart of my Builder.
Through God’s crafted bounty of grace,
I’ll run courageous and give him all the praise.

~by Jamie Trunnel ©2020, ascripturedlife.com

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 1 John 4:16 NIV

This poem is included in my book A Soul’s Anchor, available on Amazon.

Press on in faith my friends! ~Jamie

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A Few Quotes to Ponder about Loving Yourself, Others, and God:

• Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God. ~John Piper
• Like wildflowers, you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would. ~E.V.
• Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors. ~Norman Cousins
• It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge, and my job to love. ~Billy Graham
• Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable. ~David W. Augsburger
• All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us. ~Charles Spurgeon
• If we have got the true love of God shed abroad in our hearts, we will show it in our lives. We will not have to go up and down the earth proclaiming it. We will show it in everything we say or do. ~Dwight L. Moody

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A New Kind of Resolution
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Bucket Lists, God’s Plans and the Redwood Forest
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