sincere thoughts
God asked me, HAVE YOU LEARNED TO LOVE? My response included staring with my eyes widened. But I know that LOVE YOUR ENEMIES is real. Not just a suggestion. Heck, I have a hard time loving my neighbor, let alone my enemy. And what does that even look like anyway? Well, I experienced it.
If I am honest there is a person in my professional life that I do not care for…we are just polar opposites. I appreciate certain traits in people. This person is smart, and good at what they do. If I had to conjure up a compliment, that would be it. This particular person did some stuff that I detest. My natural self says they don't deserve God's love or mercy. At the same time, my spirit-man rises up and says, LOVE LIKE I HAVE LOVED YOU. (isn't this life a constant battle of flesh vs. spirit?) This person is going through a lot of crap right now. Before I knew what my fingers were doing I asked if I could pray for them. Before they answered, I just started typing a prayer. By the time they said, an extra prayer or two can't hurt, I was nearly done typing my prayer; I clicked SEND. There it was. I prayed for them. The Spirit spoke to me in that moment: KATE, THAT IS LOVING YOUR ENEMY. I must admit the whole thing happened pretty much without me THINKING much about it. Like, my fingers were typing a prayer that if my brain stopped and thought about, wouldn’t have been filled with love, care, or concern. My human-self just doesn’t care about this person. But my spirit-man cared A LOT. Could this be? Could it be that my prayer for the Father’s compassion to rise up within me and the prayers of God enlarging my heart to break off the crusty, stone-like exterior have been answered? Could it be that GOD does want to use my hands, feet, mouth, and heart to LOVE MY ENEMIES…to LOVE HIS ENEMIES? Matthew 5:43-48
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