From the Abundance

  I've been having a lot of conversations about love and relationships lately, some in therapy with clients, some with friends, and some with the Father. I realized that over the past 12 years I've had to relearn everything I thought I knew about love.  It really started when my dad passed away, and the Lord whispered John 15:13 (Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.), in my spirit, letting me know that his death was a necessity because of His love for certain other members of our family.  To clarify, let me provide a little context.  My Father was the glue that held his family together, and what God showed me was that some of them wouldn't surrender while he was here, holding everyone and everything together.  The second incident happened when I told my family that I was moving to Florida, and my granny broke down.  She went into a fit of righteous anger, pleading, crying, and telling me that God didn't tell...