I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU CAME TO DO, BUT I am not going to let what you do prevent me from doing what I CAME TO do which is to PRAISE THE LORD! There are many ways to praise Him, but the kind of praise I am talking about today has to do with honoring Him through the relationships I have with others. Sure, I will praise God with the words from my mouth. But in addition to that, I will demonstrate my respect and admiration for Him by loving others, as He wants me to.
No matter how you treat me, I am going to respond with Godly love. If you come at me with the intent of satisfying your needs at the expense of mine, I will love you. On the other hand, if you come to me with the goal of treating me like God would have you to treat me, then I will love you still. Bottom line; there is nothing you can do to keep me from obeying the divine call to love you.
Loving you at your best or at your worst. Loving you when my feet hurt or my back aches or after you have worked my last nerve. Loving you until your fears and bitterness melt away or your positive qualities shine through your façade of toughness. Loving you in good times or bad, whether happy or sad, whether nice or mean. Loving you when you are having a good day of singleness or if you are suffering through a bad one. Loving you through your bad hair days, your weight gains or losses or when your breath stinks or when your deodorant is not working. (Just call it “funky love”.)
These are the ways I am going to love you which is the ultimate expression of how I can PRAISE THE LORD. Since God is love; when I love others in a Godly way, I am affirming who He is and that is a spiritually powerful form of praise.
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Mr. Writer I apologize for being so lengthy...you ar more welcome to cut my posting down....
Mr. Writer,
This is a powerful confession. I think I have it right, the love “one another” that is, until it is put to the test…getting to the point where you PRAISE THE LORD as an expression of His love can be pretty trying at times because to often during our praise other things are occupying our mind.
For me, I can love those from afar, those I do not know I can love no matter what …and that could be because I don’t know their faults and basically have no real accountability.
The type of love God has for us is agape…is this the kind I should have for “one another”…? If so, I need for the ultimate one to teach me how to love this deep, this way…?
Is it possible to love Him, without loving ourselves? If we can’t love ourselves at our best or at our worst, is it at all possible to love someone else? At times, it is hard for me to like myself during my bad hair days, my summers in the middle of the winters, and during my bad days of singleness but I love myself because He first Love me, He makes no mistakes and all that he makes is GOOD! We are to love what God love and hate what God hates and He hates sin, GET IT RIGHT NOW not the sinner but the actions.
“Beloved if God so loved us, we also ought to love “one another”. No one has seen God at any time. If we love “one another”, God aides in us, and His love perfected in us.” I John 4; 7-12.
Finding love through my praise is something I had no ideal about BUT, now that I do know, Praise the Lord Everybody!!!
“Lady M”
I did not where to post these questions or comments because they do not pertain to today's post but...
I was just reading your profile, and would love to know what this really means, “I am single today but hopefully not for the rest of my life!”
You are the male and have basically all the controls of rather you are single today, tomorrow or the rest of your life. Are you really hoping to pass through your singleness some day.
BIG QUESTION? Are you on target for your new book which should release February 2007, when and where will I be able to purchase a copy..
Thanks,
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