May 15, 2008

  • to love others in the same way

         "Love is an indefinite thing to most of us; we don’t know what we
    mean when we talk about love. Love is the loftiest preference of one
    person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that this sovereign
    preference be for Himself (see Luke 14:26 ). Initially, when "the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit" ( Romans 5:5 ),
    it is easy to put Jesus first. But then we must practice the things
    mentioned in 2 Peter 1 to see them worked out in our lives.

         The
    first thing God does is forcibly remove any insincerity, pride, and
    vanity from my life. And the Holy Spirit reveals to me that God loved
    me not because I was lovable, but because it was His nature to do so.
    Now He commands me to show the same love to others by saying,


    "there are fears that if aid does not reach the victims more quickly,
    many hundreds of thousands of people could die." - (myanmar) BBC NEWS

    ". . .
    love one another as I have loved you"     ( John 15:12 ).

         He is saying, "I will bring a number of people around you whom you
    cannot respect, but you must exhibit My love to them, just as I have
    exhibited it to you." This kind of love is not a patronizing love for
    the unlovable— it is His love, and it will not be evidenced in us
    overnight. Some of us may have tried to force it, but we were soon
    tired and frustrated.

    "The Lord . . . is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish . . ." ( 2 Peter 3:9 ).
    I should look within and remember how wonderfully He has dealt with me.



    But the response makes little difference for some - such as these
    parents,
     who have just identified the body of their child at the ruins
    of a school in Dujiangyan. -(china) BBC NEWS

    The knowledge that God has loved me beyond all limits will compel me
    to
    go into the world to love others in the same way.

         I may get irritated
    because I have to live with an unusually difficult person. But just
    think how disagreeable I have been with God! Am I prepared to be
    identified so closely with the Lord Jesus that His life and His
    sweetness will be continually poured out through Me?     Neither natural
    love nor God’s divine love will remain and grow in me unless it is
    nurtured. Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through
    discipline." -oswald chambers

    ~ ~ ~

    according to world vision, there are 2 things we can do:

    1) pray.
    2) donate. (see CNN compiled list of agencies delivering aid to china & myanmar).
    3) anything else? i want to help but i don't know how. 

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  • 3) Spread the word and allow people's inate human ability to care to bubble up to the surface

  • "'I will bring a number of people around you whom you cannot respect, but you must exhibit My love to them, just as I have exhibited it to you.' This kind of love is not a patronizing love for the unlovable— it is His love, and it will not be evidenced in us overnight. Some of us may have tried to force it, but we were soon tired and frustrated."

    one day, i will learn to walk the path that Jesus has taken; some day, I will learn to let it all go. I will forget my pride, my anger, my greed, and my vanity and through His grace, I will be cleansed. Some day I will be a child He will smile upon and be happy with; right now, I am still learning.

    Thank you for this piece. In more ways than one, it has hit home. May you continue to spread the Word of God... You are truly an instrument of His Love. *huggz!*

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