By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
Have you heard the adage, “Fake it till you make it”?
I know it’s meant to encourage people attempting to reach a level of confidence and success in what they are pursuing. But it sounds disingenuous to me. Phony and insincere.
However, years ago I heard something similar, though phrased a bit more delicately, that may have been offering the same encouragement: “Don’t wait for the feeling.”
In context, a pastor was telling his congregation to reach out to others in God’s love even if they didn’t feel love for those individuals. Especially in the case of relationships.
Showing love is not the same thing as feeling love, so it isn’t hypocritical to do so. It is a matter of obedience to the Lord, and when done with the right attitude, over time, it can generate feelings as an outcome.
If we wait for an emotion or feeling, it may never come. But when we act in obedience first, the feelings typically follow.
Perhaps that is why Scripture says, “Walk in love” rather than “wait until you feel like forgiving/loving/helping that person.”
If I always waited for an emotion to fuel my actions, much would remain undone.
My latest re-release of two books under one cover addresses this tidbit of truth. A reader pointed out that each story is built on a responsibility that grew into love over time. Love wasn’t the motivator, but rather, the unexpected result.
If you have not read the two e-books, A Wrangler’s Woman and A Thorn in Winter’s Grasp, you can now own both in print under one cover: A Western Romance Collection. What a great Mother’s Day gift for those who love to turn the pages.
And walk in love,
as Christ also has loved us
and given Himself for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God
for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Ephesians 5:2
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Premonition niggled Corra all the way to church—an unwelcomed irritation on what she had expected to be a pleasant outing. Truth was, what had begun as a daunting challenge with Jessica had, by degree, become a labor of love. Corra’s affection for the motherless girl grew daily, signaling a painful departure at summer’s end.
And that was the problem. A worrisome barb threatened that her time at Hanacker Land and Cattle Company would end sooner than planned.
Sooner than she wanted.
Eleven-year-old Jessica was not the only Hanacker to steal Corra’s heart. She was quite fond of them all, particularly Jessica’s widowed father, Josiah. He continued to snatch her breath every time he came near. Such as now, sitting next to her in his fresh shirt and string tie—a step up from his usual neckerchief. Dime novel heroes paled considerably in the presence of this man who worked so hard and cared so deeply for his children and father. Could he care for her? ~ “The Wrangler’s Woman,” from A Western Romance Collection
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