Christian Love...
Hello there,
We should always look at the heart of a person and never at their appearance.
The way we accept each other on the internet is the way God's plan is supposed
to work in our daily lives. On the internet, we don't usually know what the other person looks like, and
all we can judge them on is their heart. We grow to care about others on
the net because of their responses to us, and not because of how they
look or what they have. We don't know about another person's personal life
(unless they choose to reveal it to us) - how they live, where they work,
what race they are, or what bad habits they may have. It's sad but true,
that the people we see in our everyday life we judge more harshly because we
can see them and know their bad habits.
What a sad statement to make. We should not only accept those we may never meet, but we should accept the unlovely and the hard to love in our every day life. Most every person on the face of the earth wants to be accepted and loved - we often buy into the world's assessment of who should be accepted and who we should shun. We should never fall for the lie about who is worthy and who is not. All persons are worthy of our care and concern because Jesus died for them. That doesn't mean we are to be
gullible and not be cautious about others - it's that we should always react to others with love and tender care. It is a wonderful thing to feel loved by someone you have never met. And it is a precious gift to have others whom you know very well to also love you.
One day this last week, at my local gas station, I got out of my car and reached for the gas hose to fill my car tank. There were two older teens in a pickup and one turned to look at me. He made a face to the other one and said, "Man, now
that woman is ugly." Of course this shocked me and hurt my pride. However, because I know that I am loved and accepted completely by God, my family, and friends, his comment didn't hurt that bad. I just know how teens are (because I raised seven children) LOL - they say things for a laugh, or for
attention and really don't realize the pain it causes others. Nevertheless, there are a few people whom a comment like that would have been
devastating. If you have any influence on a teenager please try to teach them to be kind
hearted. Pray for God to help you teach your children to have more compassion for others.
Please remember to take a moment to show compassion to another who is not lovely (according to the world's view) and your love may be the very thing they need to gain the strength to keep on keeping on.
When I say I love you... I mean it. Love is a commitment, not a mushy feeling. Love is acceptance and forgiveness of others for their bad habits (who among us is perfect?). Let us accept others even if they have bad habits and even if they are not lovely. To love the one who is unlovable is what God expects us to do - after all, it's easy to love those who love us and it's easy to love the lovely. Can we truly love others as God would have us to? Please let's not get caught up in this world of hate, greed and selfishness.
Dear God, please help us to love as you loved. Please make us aware of the lonely hearts about us and help us to see others as you see them. Amen...
"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"
Why do I feel discouraged
Why do the shadows come
And why does my heart feel lonely
And long for heaven and home
When Jesus is my portion
My constant friend is He
His eyes is on the sparrow
And I know he watches me
His eyes is on the sparrow
And I know he watches me
So, I sing because I'm happy
And I sing because I'm free
And His eye in on the sparrow
And I know he watches me
So, I sing because I'm happy
And I sing because I'm free
And His eye in on the sparrow
And I know he watches
And I know he watches
And I know he watches me
A dear friend of mine sent this email and I want to share it with you...
Dear Dot,
Thank you for sharing this message with me from the depths of your soul.
If I could explain to all our children it would be as follows:
"For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and
sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and
liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning." Hebrews 4:15.
God understands you and everything you may be going through.
He wants to comfort, console, and encourage you. There are times when we all feel misunderstood. We crave understanding, wanting others to understand our needs, struggles, and challenges in life.
We want them to reach out to us and comfort us. So it is very
disappointing when they either don't seem to want to or don't know how to. There are also times when we need understanding but get judgment and criticism, or we need love and acceptance but receive rejection instead.
What good news to realize that the Lord does understand us, without judging or rejecting us. Actually, Jesus understands us even better than we understand ourselves. Maybe you've felt that way too. When we feel that others are rejecting us, we begin rejecting ourselves ~ and this is a big mistake.
We must have a good relationship with ourselves if we are to have a good relationships with others. Jesus wants to tell you what is right with you and how all the wrong things can be changed by the power of His Spirit in your life. God's will for you and me is that we receive His unconditional love, love ourselves in a balanced way, love Him in return, and let His love
flow through us to others.
This may sound simple, but it normally takes years to work this entire process in individual lives. Even then it requires a lot of willingness for people to allow God's will to be worked in their lives. A person who has been hurt badly through abuse or severe rejection can find the process even more difficult. If you feel
unlovable, it is hard to believe that God loves you.
And if God, Who is all love, cannot love us, then who can?
There were times when people tried to love me, but I was so wounded and fearful that I did not know how to receive their love. One of the main things that helps get through the changes that must take place in our lives is that God comforts us during all of our difficulties. Remember, sometimes when people hurt you they really don't mean to, HURTING PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE!
The Bible teaches that you reap what you sow. Therefore, I remind you to sow encouragement into other people if you want to receive it when you have need. Several Scriptures in the Bible instruct us to encourage others, including the weak, the feeble-minded, those in trouble, those who have sinned, those who have experienced a loss, ect....
Sometimes God comforts us through a person that He prompts to encourage us. Very frequently, God uses people to answer our prayers. He does the work, but He delivers it through people who are available for Him to use. God's Word is medicine for your soul. Learn to take it like medicine; regularly and as often as you need it. Everyone you know may want to talk to you about the problem, but God will talk to you about the answer.
Thank you, Ron...
I appreciate your tender heart.
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