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“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31 “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16  “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” Matthew 5:43- 45 As I sat down to write this article, I thought about what is the main purpose of Living Life Ranch. The first thing that popped into my head was “Love” God’s Love. We want to share his love and show his love to others. Help children heal from their brokenness. Allow them to experience what God’s love feels like, patience, kindness from our

staff. At the same time allowing them to experience one of God’s most majestic creatures. Watch the horse mirror them, learn about themselves, build self-esteem and confidence. Provide an experience that takes them away from the negative stuff in their lives. The verses I included are in my opinion, the top most important messages from God, for us to know. These show us how important we are to God. He loves you no matter who you are what you’ve done, he loves you unconditionally. If you ask him into your heart and ask him to forgive you, live for him instead of yourself with obedience. Your life will be blessed on earth and in heaven. These verses tell us how important it is to treat others as God does us. He instructs us to Love others like he loves us, forgive your enemies and love them, like he does us. Boy that last one is a tough one. Isn’t it? I found this information to share with you on Forgiveness because I think we all struggle with this. I provided information to share with you on what forgiveness means. This has helped me in my life when I must forgive someone. The word “forgive” means to wipe the slate clean, to pardon, to cancel a debt. When we

wrong someone, we seek his or her forgiveness in order for the relationship to be restored. It is important to remember that forgiveness is not granted because a person deserves to be forgiven. Instead, it is an act of love, mercy, and grace. How we act toward that person may change. It doesn't mean we will put ourselves back into a harmful situation or that we suddenly accept or approve of the person's continued wrong behavior. It simply means we release them from the wrong they committed against us. We forgive them because God forgave us (Ephesians 4:31- 32 and Romans 5:8). God mentions love 310 times in the Bible in 280 verses. I think he wants it to sink in, don’t you? Love is the most important point in the Bible. He loved us so much that he gave us Jesus, brought him here to teach us and show us his love, then sent Jesus to be sacrificed so we could have eternal life. I don’t believe we think about that as we should. I have son’s and a daughter myself; I just can’t fathom the idea of giving a child up to save the people on earth. I would just try to give myself up, because I just couldn’t live... I see how “people” are acting and treating others, the horrific

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