Heather Iseminger is the wife of Michael Iseminger and mother of Ella and Caleb. She teaches American Literature to high school juniors. She received a Creative Writing degree from FSU and a MACE from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Her article "I'm Not SuperWoman" won Article of the Year at the 2012 Florida Christian Writer's Conference. You can read her article and others at www.petalsofjoy.org.
We each have been created to love and be loved. Our deepest desires come from the heart that longs to be pursued. Is it possible you feel very unloved during the season of life holding you? Regardless of the pain you may be facing right now or the rejection sometimes glaring you in the face, may you be encouraged by the existence of True Love. A Love only God, the one who created you, can give.
When discouragement stares at you from the mirror of life, place your heart at the foot of the cross. It is in this place where love brings you in, holds you tightly, and carries you. The shadow of the cross reflects the greatest love man has ever known. May its beautiful shadow be a reminder you have been fought for, you have been pursued, you are wanted, you are loved!
Because of a mother's endless love, Bonnie's children flew home with her on Valentine's Day. Because of our Father's endless love, we have a heavenly home waiting for us.
"Look at how great a love the Father has given us that we should be called God's children. And we are!" 1 John 3:1
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him.
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