Arrogantly ignorant

[toad]

I posted this on my blog November 29, 2006. share this with me please....

“It is God’s will that we love others; without love nothing else matters.”
(Life Recovery Bible, page 1385)

[Love] It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:6 NLT

Have you ever been in a relationship and felt as though possibly you have been wronged? And then that person has something happen to them that is hurtful or painful and we say, “Serves them right, look at how they treat others.” I recall to my mind some of the worldly sayings that follow that line of thinking. “You know what they say about paybacks?” is one, another is “What goes around comes around.” And still another is “You want to play, you gotta pay.” I have been so arrogantly ignorant before in my life, that I actually thought that some mishap that someone else experienced was because they messed with me, the anointed of God. That kind of thinking comes from a spiritually inflated ego with no foundation in love, which is the greatest of all emotions. As I sit and type this I come to the realization that possibly love is not an emotion or a feeling at all. How egotistical of me to think that love stems from my emotions and feelings, that it originates in me. Love is much more than just an emotion, It is God! It is a command, not a suggestion, but a command. Love is action, love is giving, and love is work! Jesus said to love everyone from your enemies to your neighbor to yourself. That pretty well takes in everyone I know! My problems seems to be that I don’t like everybody, and I don’ like the way some people have treated me. My dilemma seems to be one of loving those I don’t want to love. That old childhood thinking, “if someone hits you, hit them back!” doesn’t hold up too well with the teachings of Jesus. Today in my recovery from addictions and alcohol, I come to the understanding that when I stopped using, my work was just beginning. The real work is learning to live at peace with God, others, and myself. Paybacks should be cleansed from my mind. I feel like I have rambled on long enough, thanks for letting me share as I aired out some of my dirty laundry. God is still doing for me what I could not do for myself……………toad

“No one loves perfectly, but we must learn how to love. We can ask God to help us love others and stop waiting for them to love us. We cannot expect to be good at loving right away; we should be patient as God’s love grows within us and he teaches us how to love. When we choose to act in loving ways, the emotions will follow, and we will find that our love will be returned.” (Life Recovery Bible, page 1385)

[Freedom1990]

Toad, I just got home from a really emotional meeting earlier tonight, and then I read this.
I'm moved to tears.

"Love is action."

Yes, indeed it is. Thank you for the share!

[BUTTERFLY-7]

U toad for this post,Because God knows what we need to hear
last week, and the beginning of this week, there were two people
I couldn't come across forgiven, and it was Reveal to me that forgiveness, is not for the other person, but for me to be deliver
from been a hostage of Anger,resentments,and the most powerful one
Hate, Because eventually when you Don't forgive this are all the
Symptoms we are going to in barge, and feel to the point it will get U
sick mentally,& emotionally,physically,and spiritually

so you see even when you can't come across Loving that Person
Forgiving them will take you to a hall new level of growth, and
understanding,that you will be so relieve,from your own Anger,&
Bitterness,It's a Fight the flight situation,forgiving is not for the
other individual but for us to be Release,It's not easy I know
Putting it into practice,but what helps me understand is that this is
a Flight to fight situation for my well being

Example if you where in a mall and God fore bit, a bunch of Bandits come and the mall is big, and you have one way of escaping
But the fear, and the anxiety, so rounds you, are you going to be
a)a Victim
b)a hostage
c)b a hero
d)or use Wisdom to free your self,
Think about it?Wisdom is a powerful tool than using our
emotions,the Good old Book (the Bible),speaks in the book of
Proverbs that the Beginning of the wisdom is the fear (Reverend,Respect,)off God, God Bless Brother.

[serenityqueen]