Fear vs. Love

This morning I was thinking about God (I know, it's not a new idea) and the thought kept coming to me that God loves me. This is not a new thought to me, but it is always affirming to hear. But then I started thinking about other faiths, other religions. Many people serve their god out of fear - fear for their life, or the well-being of their family, their crops or their community. But this is what makes the God of the Bible different; it's not about fear, but love. There is a verse in the Bible that kept ringing in my head, it's from the book of Jeremiah. God is speaking through the prophet Jeremiah to the people from Israel who have been forced from their homes and scattered throughout nearby nations. And this is the message for them: "The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness." I have loved you with an everlasting love....that's pretty awesome!


And..this is just one instance. Jesus talked about love so frequently... if you think of a specific instance, leave a comment below.

The things we do for...Starbucks?

This morning I arrived 30 mins early to my temp job and I knew there was a Starbucks nearby. So I pulled up the location on the GPS and it directed me to the Hershey Medical Cancer Center. I asked a gentleman walking by if he knew where the Starbucks was and it was inside the building. So, I parked the car in a garage, walked 5 mins in the rain to get into the building. Then it took me an other 5 mins to find the Starbucks in the maze of a hospital. As I ordered my Grande 2pump Vanilla Soy Latte with Protein and looked around me. I saw plenty of doctors in their scrubs, jackets and skin-tight caps and people with boot casts on...and here I am...ordering a latte. Another 5 mins went by and grabbed my latte and started the trek back to the car pondering two things:

Should i have stepped out of line and let the doctors go first? What if I was late to my job for that, would it be worth it?

And...what great lengths we go to for our love of Starbucks... This could almost be a commercial..."what would you do for a Starbucks.." or "how far would you drive for a Starbucks"