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The Overwhelming, never ending, reckless love of God

  When we love others we give, we don't give only materials things, but we give our time, our service, sometimes our vulnerability. I am yet to see anyone who truly loves and didn't give. We give because love gives, likewise when we fall in love with God we give up old habits that don’t please God, we give Him our lives and our hearts completely. God loves us, and with His love He gives everything, He is not cautious about His giving, He doesn’t think 'what if they never appreciate it,' 'what if they don’t realise how much I love them' what if they never give their lives to me' or 'what if they take me for granted' , yet He gives us His love so extravagantly , so overwhelmingly and so recklessly. God gave His only begotten son- God didn’t spare His only begotten son whom he loved so much. He sent him to die a gruesome death just because he loves us so much, and he wanted to redeem us back to himself. He gave us life: God gave man His breadth and

The God of the Hills and Valleys

  Whenever I travel by air, I love to sit by the window because I love looking at the view from the top. From that view I see huge mountains and valleys. A hill is a  landform  that extends above the surrounding terrain. A valley is a low area between  hills  or  mountains  typically with a river running through it . A plain is a flat, sweeping landmass that generally does not change much in  elevation (Wikipedia) . The view of the hills, valley and plain is what fascinates me, I’m sure it would be boring if it was just plains, or just hills or just valleys. God designed our lives the same way, God’s plan and purpose for our lives involves both hills and valleys, the promise land was also a land of hills and valleys (Deut 11:11). Hills can be used interchangeably as mountains in the bible. Mountains and hills are mentioned so many times in the bible because a lot of incredible things happen on the hills or mountain. For example, the sermon on the mount, the transfiguration, Jesus’ t