all you need is love. love is all you need.

almost two years ago i spotted some wooden signs that had this saying on it.

all you need is love.  love is all you need.

the quote is from a beatles song but i saw this through different lenses:

1 John 4:8  

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

all i need is GOD.  GOD is all i need.   (and i needed these signs!)

enter my dear friend, the super talented susie harris.  the signs i spied so long ago showed up
on susie's blog, and i decided if susie will paint them i would buy them!  i am so pleased.

susie does amazing work....i'm sure you can find a sign that will work in your home :)

right behind these love signs, on the wood behind the drywall we wrote our wedding verses:

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

i had to super-crop a photo from the construction phase.  you can see the black sharpie on the studs.

i long to show God's love daily in the way i live.  do i mess up? fall down?  absolutely.

but i have a savior.  his name is Jesus.  the son of God who died for me.  and THAT is love.
the fact that God's allowed His son to die for me?  for you?  for us?

when i start feeling froggy about something not-so-great in my life and maybe wonder "really? this situations stinks big time" i think about how God IS love.

He is pursuing little 'ol me!

i can wallow and try to take charge on my own or i can surrender and love him more.

i can grasp and feel His love.  its a very good thing.

everyone has trials. some worse than others that's for sure.  i have had trials.  and i STILL have trials.

grasping the truth and reality of the death of Jesus on the cross and the resurrection from the grave....
i just can. not. imagine.  my life with out my precious Lord and Savior.  He has moved mountains
in my life.

HE has LOVED me.  and that is all i need.