Recently, I received a text message from a friend asking about the Christian life. I read the text several times over with excitement, yes, but with anxiety too. Undoubtedly, it was an answer to over a decade of prayer, a small crack for the light to shine through. But the weight of this opportunity to share my faith in Jesus was also overwhelming.
I think the apostle John would understand both my passion and my pause. Every word he writes drips with longing for people to know the truth: that Jesus is the Son of God, the way to salvation. I long for my friend to know the truth too. But sharing the gospel is on a different level than convincing someone to reduce their gluten intake; it’s a matter of spiritual life and death.
Many churches utilize the personal testimonies of believers as a way to help others see the hand of the One they cannot see. We encourage each other with stories of how God has worked in our lives, how He’s freed us, and how we’ve come to know He is real.
I love testimonies, but sometimes I wrongly believe my own testimony needs to convince people of God rather than simply tell them about what He’s done in my life. I automatically begin thinking about what I should and shouldn’t say, strategizing in my own strength instead of relying on God’s power to help me. No wonder I feel anxious at the mere thought of sharing the gospel.
John rightly points us beyond his own testimony and on to God’s, which is far greater (1John 5:9). You and I aren’t the only ones testifying that Jesus is King; the Creator of the universe and everything He’s created declare the truth too (Psalm 19:1). God Himself declares the truth of Christ:
Through the Spirit, the water, and the blood (1John 5:7–8).
Through prophecies and power (Matthew 1:18–24).
Through the baptism of Christ Jesus (Matthew 3:16–17).
Through Christ’s perfect sacrificial death (Matthew 26:28).
“The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister,” in both word and deed (1John 4:21). When friends and family ask us where our hope comes from, we can let go of the pressure to find the perfect words or our need to convince them of the truth of the gospel of Christ. As God’s daughters, it is not just our testimony that matters. We are also bearing witness to God’s testimony—one that never fails. “And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The one who has the Son has life. The one who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (John 5:11–12).
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Dear Tara, maybe the book “boundaries” by Henry Cloud (who is himself a Christian) could help you :)
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
This is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 1John 5:4 is so special to me. One year into my marriage my husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The doctors told us to freeze sperm before his operation and treatment but my husband refused. He said we would have faith and give God control. Six years later we were ready for a family but unsure if we could conceive. God knew His plans for us and he gave us victory in the form of a girl we named Victoria. And later He blessed us with a boy. I am so glad that God taught us to trust Him in this season. Today I’m patiently waiting for my first grandchild due in April. Through it all God is good and He is faithful.
God is SO good!! I am so beyond thankful! Theses verses were exactly what I needed to be reminded of today!
I find it so easy to love most people. Almost everyone I encounter. But the most difficult one to love most days is my husband. I love him and do what wives do. I pray for him and encourage him. But he is the one person in my life that rejects me. I never do things right for him. My “service” to others is frowned upon by him. I don’t discipline right. I don’t clean right. I don’t love him right. So, I keep trying. I have prayed for so long. It just saddens me that the one person whom I should have cheering for me in life, is the one who doesn’t. He was saved as a child. And has been in church all his life. Yet, he does not walk with God. He is whom I am called to love, even if I don’t feel loved back. There are days where he loves better, but so many days are critical. I just ask for prayer. For him, for me and for my 3 kids who see this kind of love in our home. It saddens my heart. I press on. God will take care of us all.
Sorry to hear this Tara! Praying that God will sustain you and your family and that he will soften and convict your husbands heart. Xx
This section on love has been very convicting in my current circumstances. It is a wonderful feeling to be convicted and truly repent and have victory and freedom over sin!!!
Hi Everyone, I am new to this community of believers. Excluding the last 3 months, inwardly I have been away from God for a long time, but now I have come home. I want to really commit my life to God, but I find that I don’t really know what really committing your life to the Lord looks like. Please pray for me that God will show me what a life committed to him looks like.
Hi Lesia! Welcome! Praying for you.
The Bible talks about “counting the cost”, “putting your hand to the plow and bot looking back”, building yourself up in your most Holy Faith but give Glory to God he gives us the desire to do His good and perfect will. I prayed in a sacred moment that a God would lead and guide me the rest of my life and waited, through every objection of the flesh as the were answered by the Voice of Truth and the peace of God. There was still some inner turmoil that needed to be worked out. God gave me a hunger and thirsty for his Word, godly friends, and lead me to a Bible believing, Spirit filled church. One at a time I began to let my family and friends know about my decision to follow Christ and my new direction in life. This is what committing my life initially looks like. I still need to recommit myself from time to time as the cares of the world weigh me down.
Welcome to the sisterhood, Lesia! Praying for the Lord to bring a mature Christian woman into your life to mentor you. We all need each other to point each other to Jesus. ♥️
Praying for you! ❤️
Praying for you
Hi Margaret! I just wanted to say that I was never an atheist, I still believed in God, but had a terrible church experience and it drove me to reject all forms of organized religion from ages 15-30. My poor family probably also never thought I’d find my way back, but I did! Or rather, God found me and brought me back as he does with all of his lost sheep. I’m now 38 years-old, and my faith is the strongest it’s ever been. God works in mysterious ways, and it’s all according to his perfect timing. The catalyst to bring me back was this: My sister lent me her book, The Reason for God by Timothy Keller. That book sat on my nightstand for over 2 years. I was going through a painful breakup at the time (from a man who I never would have been able to find my way back to Christianity if we stayed together), and I felt a little urge to open that book. So I did, and the rest is history. That book is amazing for people with scientific, logical minds. It answers most of the big questions of faith in a systematic, logical, historically based manner. That was what God used to bring me back. I hope this helps you!
My brother was very involved in his church many years ago and was baptized, but the. His wife left him and he turned away from God. He has been a very vocal atheist ever since even though the rest of our family have been devoted Christ followers. I have shared my own testimony with him but it didn’t seem to connect with him. I have invited him to church many times but he always says no. I keep feeling like I am not doing what is needed to bring him back to God but this devotional helped me see, it’s not by my doing but by the Spirit that is will happen if it does. Of course we need to keep trying and praying but it is not within in our power to make it happen. It’s hard sometimes to leave it there, but in His mighty love He always pursues us, and them! Keep hope, keep praying and keep trusting in Gods perfect love.
Praying the Lord grabs hold of your brother & brings him back. Love these verses: “”For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness.
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak…
Ezekiel 34:11-12, 16a ESV
Faith is the victory!
I feel like this is very relevant to remember in our current crisis. We must love each other and take care of each other always. I always try to remind myself of this when I’m at the grocery store if the line is taking long: have patience and love your neighbor. Some people would act rude in this situation, but with this passage in my heart I take a step back and act with patience and kindness, which is needed now more than ever.
And this is the victory that has overcome the world…our faith!
Loving our neighbor during this weird time we are in often feels difficult or nearly impossible. I have shifted my perspective to find new, innovative ways to love my neighbor; sending cards, leaving gift boxes on doorsteps, bringing donuts to a friend, commenting an uplifting remastered on a social media post… there are so many ways to show God’s love to others even when we cannot physically be near them. I continue to struggle with keeping up communication with friends and not letting relationships go by the wayside, but I am trying to be more mindful of this and do my best!
Love the reminder! I need to love myself well in order to love others and that’s a process !
I really appreciated the reminder in today’s devotion that we are not the only ones witnessing to Christ in the world. And I am certainly not the only one! I think I can also get a bit caught up and anxious about how to make the most of every interaction with my unbelieving friends and family, and can feel like it’s my job to persuade and convict and change hearts. Deep down I know that only the Holy Spirit can do that, but that belief doesn’t always shape my actions! I’m thankful once again that God is in control and is able to do immeasurably more than I can ask or imagine. He asks me to be faithful in doing my part, but even more he asks me to trust Him, that He knows best and is still working even when I can’t see it.
I really appreciated the reminder in today’s devotion that we are not the only ones witnessing to Christ in the world. And I am certainly not the only one! I think I can also get a bit caught up and anxious about how to make the most of every interaction with my unbelieving friends and family, and can feel like it’s my job to persuade and convict and change hearts. Deep down I know that only the Holy Spirit can do that, but that belief doesn’t always
I can relate to what Makenzie is going through with her dad. I have been praying for my dad to become a Christian for 17 years. There are times when I am faithfully praying for him and times when I’m not. I know that I’m not the perfect witness, but I just hear the Lord telling me to love him. I am praying for your dad Mackenzie, and I ask that you all pray for my dad. His name is John Heer. Thank you so much ladies, and I hope you have a blessed day! During all of this craziness, it’s so nice to know I can come here and “meet” with you all!
Amen, happy Tuesday everyone
In response to Claire’s post : Hi Claire. I grew up in a strict catholic home. I remember I have accepted crust 2008 and God been pulling at me to get baptized. I’ve made excuses and marriage issues moved from Ca to Az it took time to find a church. It’s been since Sept attending ROCKPOINT and I feel the push. Keep praying for me to not let anything stop me this time
The difference in focus of a given Scripture reading is highlighted to me again today. While today’s devotion is pointing us to our call to witness the good news to unbelievers (a wonderful focus), my thoughts went toward more of what the passages were speaking to me about loving those who profess Christ and are our brothers and sisters. It’s likely, in part, to do with what’s on my mind from an event of yesterday. It boils down to learning to love fellow believers with whom I disagree with theologically on “secondary matters”. In my prayer time, I asked the Lord to help me to love well as indicated in 1 Corinthians 13 when having discussions with other believers when we disagree on what one of the “hard texts” say. I realize there is a need for discernment of what to say, when to say it, and how to present the reasons I might not agree with the other person’s interpretation of the text. And since how we understand the text affects how we practice it, I also see that we will not agree on the practice as well. Loving well in these cases will take a filling of the Holy Spirit that is well beyond our human limitations. I pray the Spirit of truth guides each of us to be able to discern the spirit of error in knowing the difference between essential and non-essential matters and then how to live in the discomfort of differences on the secondary issues. I cling to the Lord’s faithfulness with trust and hope!
❤️ Diana thank you for your words. Very helpful to me today.
I love this!! Reflecting on the ways God shows love to me daily, hourly, minute-by-minute, every second of the day.
God, you show me your love through the love of my parents, the love of my spouse, the love I have for my daughter. You show me love through the random kindness of strangers. I feel your love through this creation that screams of who You are. I feel your love through your gentle convictions and discipline that you give me. I can feel it in the numerous blessings that you lavish on me and my family daily. I can feel your love during my prayer time when your Holy Spirit intercedes and speaks the holy words that I’m trying to say. You show me your love as I worship and sing praises to you and you wrap your loving arms around me. I feel your love in the immense grace you show me when I mess up, time and time again, and fall short of the glory of God. But I feel your love MOST when I think about the cross…and the price you paid to restore our relationship with you by wiping away all of our sins.
I love you, Lord. I thank you for your love they transcends my understanding
Good Morning Ladies,
Thank you for your words and contributions this morning; many of those ideas will simmer in my mind as I proceed through another busy day. This commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves is certainly challenging and thought-provoking as we consider various “types” of people we encounter throughout our day. I will keep the message of love close to my heart as a go about my day, seeking ways to show God in me.
I wanted to share a verse that spoke to me this morning: 1JOHN 5:6 – “This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ: not by water only, but by water and blood…” I become a believer 3 years ago come May 9th. I have not yet been baptized, despite the examples we see in the bible and the encouragement of Christians around me. I love the illustration carried out through verse 12 of how we are to be a witness of God, in part through baptism. It is a way that we “believeth on the Son of God”. I have new understanding of why being baptized in a church on earth is an important step in my walk with God.
We are a military family and we have moved 3 times in these same 3 years, not ever staying at a church long enough for me to feel comfortable being baptized there. Our most recent move has left us still searching for a new home church, a process stunted obviously by the Coronavirus but I pray we can quickly find our church family and I can be baptized finally.
PS…. Does anyone else have a technical difficulty responding to specific posts? I cant seem to post directly beneath a given response. Figures Id try a new browser tomorrow and see if that helps.
I have the problem of after I reply, everything goes white. I have to completely close out and reopen.
Me too.
“As God’s daughters, it is not just our testimony that matters. We are also bearing witness to God’s testimony—one that never fails.” When I read these words that Kaitie wrote I was oh wow. I wroter those words down so I could reflect back on them at a later time. Right now in my life I have been finding it hard to bear this witness at times. My mind has been so preoccupied with finding a new car because mine was totaled and finding a new place to stay because with my niece dying (she was also my roommate) I can no longer afford to live in this apartment nor do I want to with the memories. I need prayers because I also am not wanting to fully concentrate on my job. I have found a new car. Lord help me to concentrate on the task at hand where I am.
I’ve been thinking so much lately about how I have not followed through with sharing the gospel with others, like we are called to do. I care more about my comfort than compassion. I had an internship last summer where I met a lot of non-Christians, and they specifically told me how I was so nice and everything. They could tell I acted differently. But I really wish I had shared the gospel with them or told them about how it wasn’t me but Jesus living in me. Definitely a regret I have. I had a dream the other week about an intern I worked with, that I shared the gospel with her, and she came to Christ. But I woke up and realized it was a dream, and I hurt for her. I wish I could go back and have done better with sharing. Praying that God lights a fire in my heart to not be afraid of sharing the amazing things he has done.
Jennifer,
I am struggling with this very thing right now. I have a very close friend who has been struggling with alcholism for years. Her last visit to see me in September she was cruel and hateful to the point that I have “cut her out” of my life for now. I am really hurt by the way she acted in my home and the words she said to me. I am searching for forgiveness, the same Christ has shown me AGAIN and AGAIN, but I find myself hurt and scared to “let her in”.
Churchmouse you are so right I have a brother, who has done some very hurtful things to my sister and I and one day God gave me the words to write and ask for forgiven for anything i may have unconsciously done to hurt him, reminding him of the love God has for him, and that I would always love him and be there, but I would walk away. It was very hard but God has given me the peace to leave it at Jesus feet.
If I…
say all the right things, but don’t live them – I am “noise.”
If I…
have it all together, and make things happen, but only for me – I am worth nothing.
If I…
sacrifice stuff and strength for the sake of sacrifice, but not with Love’s heart – I spend all, to gain nothing.
Love is patient, when patience is spent.
Love is kind to the core.
Love, by the act of shear love, lays down self-thoughts, self-words, and self-actions; period.
Love’s shoulders are broad to carry heavy loads,
Love’s heart is faith-full and hope-full.
Love takes the next step, and the next step, one step. at a time. as needed.
Love is infinite.
Prophecy, words, knowledge…has limits, and end.
Living-Love is a journey, a journey of growth, a journey of reflection.
But, one day, I will see Pure Love face to face.
One day, I will know Pure Love fully, as I am fully known by Pure Love.
For God is Love.
What remains? Faith. Hope. and Love.
The greatest of these Love.
Father, You are Love. It is not that You love…You are by very definition, Love. My brain struggles at times to understand, but I know, that I know, that I know, at my core…Love is God. You spoke to my heart through Your Love chapter this morning. Awed by the evidence of Your Love throughout all time past. Awed by the journey of Your Love throughout my life. Not always a love of flowers, rainbows and sunshine, although that love was/is there also. Sometimes Your great Love brought discipline or teaching. Always Your Love brought what was and is best. That Love takes me into today, and tomorrow, and every moment of your plan until…one day…yes Lord, one day, in Your presence, in the presence of Love I will bow. I imagine You touching my face and lifting it to rise and see Your eyes. Eyes that welcome me HOME. Not because of anything I have done or been but because I was lost and Love found me. Love forgave me. Love covers me. And, in Love, I am clean. Until that day Lord, may I yield to You, in obedience, in growing love. Yours. Amen.
Beautifully written. Amen!
Wow… so beautiful and touching. Thank you Angie!
How to love others is a question often asked but perhaps we should ask how do I love others in the best way possible for them? The answer is very individual and there’s a lot of factors to consider, such as what can I give and what will they receive? Believe it or not, setting boundaries is one such gift. Yes I say gift because there are indeed bullies out there. They need the loving gift of boundaries. There have been folks (some family members) who’ve come across my path with whom I’ve showed Jesus in word and deed. I truly did my best to meet needs and speak kindly, suggesting Jesus, being sensitive to the timing of the Holy Spirit. They were however hostile and occasionally belligerent. And rude. I did not walk away. I did not disrespect them. But I did call them to a higher standard of behavior and language. Just as when a young child throws a tantrum and you walk away, they lose their audience and come looking for you. So that same boundary often succeeds with some adults. I welcome them cheerfully when I see then. I pray for them and I speak of Jesus in their presence as I naturally would. I take an interest in their life. But the boundaries remain firm. I often found that when I’ve done so, they often tell me that they then realized I took Jesus seriously, that what I was sharing was worth their attention, their listening instead of arguing or ridiculing. We then could have conversations and dialogue over their questions, their objections. Often brief at the beginning but longer as time went by and they saw I was not relaxing my boundaries. So yes share the Jesus you know, show His love, but share Him in the way they will best receive. You can’t share and they can’t receive if there’s sarcasm and shouting, if there’s anger and accusation. Boundaries actually provide space for both to listen and understand the other. And in that atmosphere, enter Jesus.
❤️this !
Well said! Thank you for this! ❤️
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Such Love our Lord has for us. What is so lovely and what He reminds us is that he has this love for all of us. Thankful for you all sharing your stories. Tina, your stories of our Lord working on you when your heart says Enough resonates. Funny how we convince ourselves sometimes that we have limits. And then God reminds us of His limitless love and the Holy Spirit calls us to more of His love, which we see multiply as He not only pours it on us, but pours it out of us to others. O Holy God may we have eyes to see and your heart to love all those you give us. Thank you Jesus for immeasurable abundant sacrificial love that is unconditional for such a wretch as me. Hugs dear women. Peace and Amazing Grace to your soul.
Siblings may be easy to love, but they are sometimes the hardest to witness to about the love of Jesus. My baby brother recently turned 64, & is living without Jesus. And he bemoans his unhappy, difficult & fruitless life in every conversation. I’ve “said it all” over the years, & continue to love him regardless. He knows I’m praying for him. I know he won’t find peace & joy until he finds the Lord & lets Him into his heart. He has lots of head knowledge, but not the heart change that he so desperately needs. It’s so sad to watch. His name is David if you are inclined to pray for him.
Praying for David!
Have you ever done a discipleship bible study? You can do with anyone any age. The reader will see for themselves what the word of God says without needing us to. Read a verse and answer the questions: what does it say about God? What does it say about man? If this is true what should I do? Who should I tell?
Such a challenge to love others, but yet I know as others of you have written, that when I struggle with loving others it’s more about me than them because if my eyes are on Jesus and what He did and how He loves, I have no excuse.
I do not believe love means we have no boundaries. God has boundaries with us. He calls us to repentance. We can set boundaries in love — sometimes that is the most courageous and truly loving thing we can do.
Because of Jesus.
What a sweet reflection this morning to reflect back on our stories in Christ.
I understand insecurities within a testimony- it’s because we get in the way when we were never intended to- it was always meant to lead back to our father purely.
When we call upon Holy Spirit to respond for us, peace is offered with confidence to refocus our hearts in the whole point.
A piece of my testimony is the empathy that the Lord has gifted me. To reflect that at the beginning of every morning God just wants our hearts. He chases us down in great love just to say rest. He just wants us, and we run and turn back and run again, but he’s always there.
I think it is so beautiful to claim that ownership that he has for us. The moment we do, he gives us fresh eyes. It is so much about us, for him to leave the 99 to come get us, that the second he gets us, in the most beautiful way— I’m not worried about myself anymore, I have fresh perspective and renewed awareness that it’s about ALL of us— our brothers and sisters are made to walk in Christ and bring kingdom come. May we walk in this perspective and love so that the gospel surrounds us and our brothers and sisters every single day
We are to love our neighbors and do no wrong onto them, but let me ask you this, we live in a cruel and disrespectful world, how do we continue to love when we have been wronged? I have smiled and turned the other cheek so many times that my face is beyond bloody.
Hey Lindsey!
Thanks so much for sharing, I too struggle with keeping my sights set on Christ and not taking others sins personally. I think it all comes back to love. God is love. He loves us so he sent Jesus. This world is cruel and evil because of sin. But God. But god loves us & sent his son— his son who was beaten beyond recognition.
We are called to be like His Son. And not to ignore the harsh comments of the world to be the bigger person, but to walk to closely with the father that we only say what he’s says.
May we be so fulfilled in His word that we take steps of kingdom & not steps of malice or hurt. Others sins are not intended for our ears- we are a bystander of hurt that touches us as a result of a spiritual war. May our sights be set on the spiritual world and not this one.
Thank you for bringing this up and redirecting my heart and eyes as well. Have a happy Tuesday!
Good morning Lindsey here’s how I love through hard times, when I feel I have been wronged. I work to not taking it personal, recognizing that hurt people lashes out at whomever is in their reach. Then I remind myself that love covers all and if it weren’t for the love of Christ it could be me doing the hurting. With that said I wouldn’t dare insinuate that people aren’t hurt or offended by something I have said or done the difference is because of my walk with Christ it’s now never intentionally done. Daily I work to remember the cross before me the world behind me thus love overcome the world. John 13:35 by this all men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another. I hope this helps happy Tuesday!
Beautiful words as always… it truly seems like a struggle at times to share with unbelievers and solely strive to let the Holy Spirit do his work in them rather than work to ‘’ convince’’. Praying for more Grace in this area and that the love of the father working within us will triumph over all
It’s so interesting to me how God uses His word to speak to everyone so differently; speaks to where they are at. I love what you wrote for the devotion. I got something completely different from these words. I’ve been carrying a weight of anger in my heart towards others. God spoke so clearly to me, that if I claim to love God and yet do not have love in my heart for these people, all of our brothers and sisters, I’m a liar. What a wake up call. We love because Christ first loved us. He enables, requires us to love. If we have the love of Christ, we too, through him, have also overcome the world. We got this!
Thanks for sharing these thoughts – I needed this today.
I’m in the same boat as you! There are some people in my life right now who have hurt me deeply, and I find myself carrying around a lot of resentment and anger. I’ve seen this in my own heart, but 1 John has really been convicting me of what that anger says about me. I’ve been praying for God to help me to forgive them and not keep a record of the wrongs. It’s incredibly hard when you’re the one who’s been hurt! I’m thankful that He’s not asked us to do this out of our own strength.
I am in the same place right now. Lots of anger in my heart that I’m struggling with. It’s impossible to love others in our own flesh. Praying the Lord will give me the power to overcome that anger and love them.
Isn’t a blessing to look back on situations in your life where God not only used you but stretched you and mounded you!
I remember leading a Bible study about 40 years ago for young mothers, a girl came faithfully every week and every week said something to try and shock me, she wanted me to get mad at her, ask her to leave, to give her an excuse to leave. Some days it was so difficult as she was leading a life I couldn’t imagine and shared all about it. But I never treated her any different than the others, though I was rendered speechless on many occasions. It took years but one day I saw that beautiful smile and realized she found Jesus, she married the man she was with and I became godmother to her beautiful daughter. I hadn’t thought about this event in a long time but I realize that I would of led that study for just her because she meant so much to Him.
I You ladies so much, being brought together by Him and His love!
Tina,
Thank you for sharing. Yes, sometimes it can be beyond difficult to open up and truly show Christ’s love. For me, I am sometimes afraid that I will be looked at like I’m nuts as they turn the other way. But that’s ok, as long as I’m nuts for Jesus.
Have a blessed day and happy birthday to your brother!❤️
That’s beautiful, Tina. Thank you so much for sharing, as so many things seem wonky (that’s a great word!) these days. May the wonkiness turn us toward and draw us to the One who can indeed make things straight … and happy birthday to your brother!
Today is my little brother’s 50th birthday and from the moment I met him I knew I’d love him forever.
Siblings I guess, are easier to love, as one little girl once put it, he’s family, I have to love him….
But what about the ordinary man on the street? There have been times in my life when I’ve struggled with that..But God, He opened my eyes the day I met Cassie, a young lady who has been kicked from pillar to post and only believed the negative in her life. She was a challenge to the point where I actually turned my back on her and told my friend to deal with her and I was supposed to be the Christian showing Jesus in my actions! Cassie swaggered into the soup kitchen where I worked and demanded, demanded,and demanded some more, get me, fetch me, do me, was all we heard until one day having enough I turned my back and said, that’s it, enough, and I wouldn’t serve her..
But God..
He had a different plan. He had to change ME and my attitude to be able to show Jesus to Cassie. It wasn’t Cassie that so much needed changing, as me. As restoration within oneself, and healing within oneself, and respect of oneself, has a way of changing one’s perspective of many things and of people, I was changed that day, as was Cassie. To this day she calls me her best friend, her angel.
Love begins with loving oneself because when you do love yourself you’re able to then love another.
When you know the love of Jesus, when you truly know the love of Jesus, my God, It Changes Everything!
Everything!
It’s like the glasses that you’ve been wearing suddenly change from murky to clear, from wonky to straight..
I still have my own agenda, but am soon reeled back to the love of Jesus, oh how he loves me, the prolific sinner, and still He loves me.., I have no choice, none whatsoever, but to love as He has and continues to love me…
Amen..
Happy Tuesday you beauties.. with great love and big hugs to all..❤
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I love your story!