"That which is good, profitable or beneficial is not always fun, easy, or pleasant. Remember love, joy, peace, and kindness PRECEDE goodness." ~Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself: Living in the Fruit of the Spirit Workbook
I have not always been a pleasant person. I have not always done things to please God. I have been selfish, uncouth, demanding, unforgiving, unpleasant, non-peaceful, unloving, non-joyous. All the things that the Spirit is not. How am I to go about living in the Spirit if I am full of these things?
Can someone please help me out here?
God wants me to see the things that I am not so he can break me and use me for the things that are good. I cannot live on good works. What would they truly mean if I am only doing them to please someone else? How am I to learn if I am not broken and humbled in His presence?
In order for me to truly do good works, I must first learn to: LOVE. Have a joyful heart. Be kind to others. Then good works will follow.
I need to pray to learn to love. Love as Jesus loved. Love to the point I would lay down my life even for my enemy.
Crazy you say?
Jesus did it. He humiliated himself on a cross. NAKED. SCARRED. BEATEN. RIDICULED.
How's that for love? He didn't have to do it. But he chose to do it because he love us more than anything.
Shouldn't we return the favor?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Ahoy! Thanks for stopping by. Sometimes life should be an open book and here you will find that true. My mind is always on full speed and I will be heading over many waves. I hope this journey is as much of an adventure for you as it is for me~ ~Mindy
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