I had to sit back and think about how so many people have been comfortable treating me so cavalierly and then setting me aside. The answer I came to: I forgave when they asked and forgot their transgressions without requiring anything from them. No expression of repentance, no sincere/specific apology and no attempt to make amends. I was always giving of myself and going home empty.
Now, I’m asking for something in my relationships. I want to be wooed. I want to know you’re not just after a comfortable foot stool or a quiet ear. I need to know you’re interested in contributing to and sustaining a relationship with me. I need to know I’m not in it alone.
Filed under: Forgiveness, Love, Walking in the Word on February 25th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
EVERYTHING that has come before and since falls under the directive of love. Love is the critical piece that works with forgiveness (for the transgressee & the transgressor). Love allows patience and provides compassion. Love covers every single sin you can imagine. The whole of God’s law is fulfilled when we practice love as instructed.
Filed under: Forgiveness, Love, Walking in the Word on February 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
God is love…. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.
Filed under: Love, Walking in the Word on February 10th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What image comes to mind when you think the enemy (aka satan, devil)? What do you envision when you think of your deadliest combatant? Your most lethal foe?
Filed under: Faith, Walking in the Word on February 8th, 2010 | No Comments »
The greatest weapon anyone can use against us is self-doubt. Satan used this weapon against Eve. Satan deceived Eve by promising her that if she ate from the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil her eyes would be opened and she would become like God. The problem was, she already was [...]
Filed under: Faith, Inspiration from Other Authors, Uncategorized on February 1st, 2010 | No Comments »
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