We're Just Getting Started
Love God, love people. Easy to say, easy to type, but challenging to walk out. Especially in our current climate. I don’t know about you, but I get tired. We are in a season of great mourning and most of us haven’t had the chance to mourn.
We just keep going, keep trying to operate business as usual, knowing we are not operating as the person God created us to be - especially if we don’t have peace, rest or all of the other gifts walking with Jesus can bring. We need to mourn, but just when you get the courage to face your heartache and let the Lord heal an area, another traumatic experience or loss occurs and the baggage continues to pile up. Just me?
Still, despite the times, God is calling us higher. He is calling us to more. More intimacy with Him (He really likes spending time with you), more understanding of His will and His Word, an increased desire to be obedient; all of the things that can help us live a victorious life free from guilt, remorse, and shame.
We all want those things, yet we are all still struggling just to be consistent on a weekly basis (I can’t be the only one)...
So here we are. You are reading the first blog post for 1Love -- “Adventures in 1Love: The Blog” to be exact. So why a blog? We have a YouTube channel, we have a website too, but this blog, The Blog, has a different purpose. It was time to just get it started.
It’s in this space we pray you will encounter miraculous testimonies to grow your faith, stories of struggle to stretch your compassion, and reminders of how God loves His children to increase love for God, yourself, and others.
This blog - this will be a place of authenticity and transparency - just like everything we strive to do at 1Love, we are committed to making sure every person knows that no matter what you have had to survive in this life you can know 1) You have a heavenly Father who loves you 2) He desires a relationship with you, and 3) You matter and so does your story.
So before I tell you a bit about 1Love and the plans the Lord has for us (that we understand so far), I just want to thank you. Thank you for reading along and smiling at my corniness, thank you for subscribing, liking, and sharing, and thank you for reading to the end... but most importantly thank you for hearing my heart and wanting to know more. We are so grateful for your prayers, your encouragement, and your support. Ministry can be challenging and coming alongside my brothers and sisters for encouragement and to be an encourager is such a beautiful gift on top of serving our Lord and King. For real, thank you.
So what is 1Love?
Well, formally we are a 501(c)3 non-profit with a small building team and big dreams! We are based out of Central Florida, but as a team, we have had the privilege to serve all over the world.
1Love Ministries is our parent organization, but we will also operate using 3 main divisions and areas of focus: 1Love Life, 1Love Media, and 1Love United.
1LOVE LIFE is dedicated to the individual’s walk and journey through this earthly life, prioritizing the eternal life to come. So in this area we will commit efforts to encourage, teach and share on ways to take care of your body, your mind, and your relationships with others.
When we are spiritually and physically healthy we are able to process and handle life much more resiliently. Therefore when a person is gets healthy the ripple effects can save a marriage, a family, a community, a nation.
1LOVE MEDIA is serving others by creating opportunities for connecting people and stories to live, thrive, and inspire conversations about God and with God through media experiences. We are committed to sharing good news, teaching, and connecting you to ministries and leaders in the body that are doing great work for the Kingdom.
While 1Love Life is about the individual and a person’s relationships within their immediate circle of influence (parents, spouse, kids, family, friends), 1LOVE UNITED is about the body of Christ (aka The Bride) and the relationships we have within the body and to the world.
When we are all connected and united in the purpose of glorifying our Father and sharing salvation through Jesus, we will be unstoppable (we win - check the ending of the good book)!
Unfortunately, division is crippling the church today. There are 66 different denominations that profess Jesus as savior. Sixty-six! There are so many ways we have allowed ourselves to be deceived. But it’s time for the deception to cease. We believe that we can have cooperation amongst denominations, cultures, and generations. When we are covered with Christ, we are 1 body, serving 1 God.
So with 1Love United, you will have opportunities to step outside of yourself and love your neighbor. Serve through single-day outreach projects, join a short-term local or foreign mission trip, learn about new ministries and efforts of our partners who are just as committed as we are to loving God, people, and our world.
We’ve started small, and we have a lot to learn. But as we learn, we will share. We are all in this together and it’s time for all hands on deck. You were anointed and created for such a time as this. So join us on our adventures -- the Adventures in 1Love!
In His Love,
Lydia
Director, 1Love Ministries
How do you show you love God and love people every day? Comment below or email us -- your response may be featured on our IG/FB pages. Follow us @Adventuresin1Love. We can’t wait to connect with you!