This is how we've come to understand and experience
love:
Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought
to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for
ourselves.
If you see some brother or sister in need and have the
means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what
happens to God's love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.
If
God has called us to love others then there is a richness to discover in the
process.
When
God opens up our hearts it hurts – but play your part; and allow God to bring
you through.
I
promise the view from the top of the hill after the valley will be worth the
journey.
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of
pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we shall soon
see them in their proper figures”. –
Joseph Addison (essayist, dramatist 1672-1719)
Don’t let the pain of yesterday steal the joy of
tomorrow.
Stay
the noble course and refuse to end up being defined by your circumstances –
that is always your choice.
You
don’t need to be thankful ‘for’ something, but you can stay thankful ‘in the
midst’ of whatever challenge you find yourself.
‘What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source
of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a
golden one for him who has the vision to recognise it as such. – Henry Miller (author, writer 1891-1980)
This
is the great call for Christ Followers – anyone can care when it is easy, when
the pressure is on someone else.
But
to care in the midst of the great challenges, the injustice, and the betrayal –
that is divine.
Whatever
you are going through – choose to keep going through and don’t stop!
Remember
whatever life throws at you, you have a choice to be bitter or better – CHOOSE LIFE!
