Love Is In the Air

Love is literally in the air at my house this week.

One of my favorite things to do is craft something 

out of the supplies I have just lying around.

With Valentines Day being today 

and the girls coming to camp this weekend to learn about 

True Love= Knowing Jesus,

 I decided to make something that would remind us of that Love.

The verse that God has really impressed on my heart lately is the verse below.

1John 4:12 

"No man hath seen God at any time. 

If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, 

and His love is perfected in us."

My love for those around me is far from perfect.  

It is a human love.

God's love is a supernatural love.

His love

breaks all ties,

calms all fears,

gives us boldness when we feel overtaken,

makes us strong when we are weak,

hides our sins in the deepest sea,...

I could go on and on about God's love.

Being single, I do not have anyone who loves me romantically.

God has been everything I ever really needed.

Though I am human and desire a physical love, 

the supernatural and perfect love that God shows to me is the greatest thing that any person could ever have.

He knows the desires of my heart,

my innermost thoughts,

my strengths and my weaknesses,

and yet -

He still loves me more than any other human being ever could.

What love!

How is it exemplified?

By the death of His Only Son 

so that I might be free from the penalty of sin - DEATH!

I John 4:17 shows me that God will perfect my love 

by the way He uses me to glorify Him in this world.

You too can have that 

PERFECT LOVE!

To see instructions on how to make this PERFECT LOVE banner, 

verses, and small hearts click here

Bad Buddy Boy!

Since I started this blog, some of you have become Buddy fans.

You are even writing requests to see more pictures of Buddy.

Here they are:

 He may look so cute.

He may even pose in a way that makes you wonder 

how he can contort his body that way.

He may even appear to be helpful at times.

But...

Sometimes he is my bad Buddy boy.

 Like when I come home to find that he pushed all of my card making supplies off the table and onto the floor.

Or when he feels he MUST sleep on this shelf.

Buddy thinks that the candle holder 

is taking up too much space on the shelf so he knocks it off.

Or he might decide that he is not getting enough attention 

so he eats the beads off the lampshade.

 Why does Buddy like to play in the trash?

Will I ever own a shower curtain that does not have claw marks all over it?


He can be very bad, but Buddy is still cute and lovable.
I guess it is just his nature and I love him for it!


You know we can get like that too.
God loves us more than a pet owner or parent,
after all, He gave His only Son for us.
Yet, we choose to be "bad" and sin.
We get into all kinds of things and think that He doesn't know or can't see us.
I wonder if He ever thinks, "When will Gina ever stop doing this?
I tell her over and over in My Word that it is wrong,
 yet she still does it again."


Praise the Lord for His everlasting love for me.
That love is shown everyday in many ways, 
including that He gave me my little Buddy to remind me of that love.