1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 NKJV
“12And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.”
Recognize Those Who Labor Among You
Now, I believe Scripturally that this can be applied, not
just to those who are over us in the Lord, in positions of authority over the
church, but to all who, within the body of Christ, are those who labor among us
in bringing us the truths of the Scriptures which admonish us in the Lord to
live holy lives, pleasing to the Lord. And this includes both males and
females, for Jesus honored women, and he used women to share the gospel, and
the apostle Paul honored women who were co-laborers in the work of the Lord,
too.
But the word that is standing out to me today from this
passage of Scripture is to “recognize,” which does mean to appreciate, but
which also means to identify, to know, to distinguish, to discern. And since we
live in a day and time when there is so much fakery, much of it being produced
by Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is getting harder to discern what is real,
and what is fake, and who or what to believe, and who or what to not believe.
And I do now have some people who may think that I am AI, which clearly I am
not.
Susan “Sue” Jane (Thorn) Love
This is who I am, born December 31, 1949, to my parents Hugh
Evan Thorn and Dorothy Evelyn (Jones) Thorn, at Akron City Hospital, in Akron,
Ohio, where I lived 32 years of my 76 years of life. And I had four siblings,
Noel, Dale, Dorothy (goes by Dorty), and Carol. Dale and Carol are no longer
with us. And my parents moved around a lot, all within the general area of the
City of Akron. So I lived in 11 different houses in my first 22 years of life.
I went to Mason, Leggett, and Windemere elementary schools, Hyre Jr High,
Goodyear Jr High, East High, and the University of Akron, in Akron, Ohio.
The gathering of the church I attended from infanthood to
age 27 was Brown Street Christian & Missionary Alliance Church (same church
denomination as A.W. Tozer, if you know who he is). Our church denomination
had/has a church camp on Lake Erie in Vermillion, Ohio, called Beulah Beach
Camp. I went there nearly every summer for a week of camp, and that is where I
made the decision to turn my life over to belong to Christ, to repent of my
sins, and to walk with my Lord wherever he led me. I was not a perfect child,
but I was not a rebellious child, and I loved the Lord with all my heart.
I met my husband (who was not my husband then) at the
University of Akron. I was a music education major who majored in voice, and
both of us sang in University singers. We had a mutual male friend who
introduced us to each other and they all had another female friend, and the
four of us formed a quartet and we got asked to sing in many places in the city
of Akron. Rick and I dated for about six months, got engaged for a year, and we
got married a year later on August 5, 1972. We have four children + spouses,
and 14 grandchildren + 2 spouses and 2 great-grandchildren.
My husband and I have now lived in a total of 19 different
locations in 5 states and in 10 cities, all in the USA over a span of almost 54
years. We worked together in Christian ministry from the time we were engaged
until 2006, which is when he stopped, and the Lord started me full-time in
doing what he had called me to do in 2004. For he called me to write down what
he was teaching me each day from my times spent with him in his word and then
to post these writings on the internet for a herald to “Run With It,” the name
of my blog. And that is what I have been doing ever since then.
So, if you were thinking I might be AI, I hope that this
will put your minds at rest and that you will realize that I am flesh and blood
just like you are, unless you are AI. For I am here only on a mission from God,
doing what God has called me to do, all in his power and strength and wisdom at
work within me, and not of my own doing, of my own flesh nature. My will is to do
the will of God, to be his servant and messenger, and to obey my Lord in
bringing to the people the words he would have me share with you. I am not
perfect, but I am walking in obedience to the Lord and I am not living in sin.
A Believer’s Prayer
An Original Work / July 31, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
With my whole heart,
Lord, I pray
To be Yours, and
Yours always.
Lead me in Your
truth today.
May I love You, and
obey.
Lead me in Your
righteousness.
When I sin, may I
confess;
Bow before You when
I pray;
Live for You and You
always.
Love You, Jesus,
You’re my friend.
Life with You will
never end.
You are with me
through each day,
Giving love and
peace always.
You will ne’er
abandon me.
From my sin You set
me free.
You died on that
cruel tree,
So I’d live
eternally.
Soon You’re coming
back for me;
From this world to
set me free;
Live with You
eternally.
Oh, what joy that
brings to me.
I will walk with You
in white;
A pure bride, I’ve
been made right
By the blood of
Jesus Christ;
Pardoned by His
sacrifice.
Not Everyone’s a
Fake
An Original Work / June 28, 2026
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
PDF of Not Everyone’s a Fake (With pictures)
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