tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086200971361892093.post7886083888676143499..comments2012-03-15T15:35:34.220-04:00Comments on BREATHE DEEPLY: God's Love: Part IV, "Love's Response"Melissa G. Pickenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16590645561139853759noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086200971361892093.post-40207137423696850742010-09-10T12:26:53.658-04:002010-09-10T12:26:53.658-04:00In hopes to prevent any misunderstanding, I want t...In hopes to prevent any misunderstanding, I want to expound upon a statement in the blog, "We keep grasping for the smaller pleasures in life that eventually leave us empty and cost us dearly, when the Living Water we long for that will never run out is FREE!"<br /><br />It is true that we cannot do anything to earn the Life that God offers; no amount of good works, no amount of penance. However, though I thought it clear, I'll make it clearer. Our redemption is not free. It cost God everything. Yet He did it out of love..."for God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son..." John 3:16<br /><br />God stands before us, offering us life or death, begging that we choose life!! Deuteronomy 30:19-20,"This day...I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life..."<br /><br />Choose wisely dear friends!!Melissa G. Pickensnoreply@blogger.com