Thursday, January 7, 2010

Happy Wednesday!

Matthew 5:44 “Love your enemies. Pray for those who hurt you.”

I read two devotional readings today and both of them are focused in on prayer.

Today my God Calling meditation began with these words “You must pray.” The more we pray and not only talk to God, but listen the more we learn about the character of God and how much He loves us and wants us to be like Him.

Sometimes it is not easy to love. It wasn’t always easy for Jesus to love. Because Jesus was the absolute essence of God and the light of God’s presence Jesus knew He must love all people even if He did not like what they did. Jesus hated the act of money changing within the temple and yet He loved the money changers. He hated the mallets that drove the nails and still he loved the mallet men. He hated the crown of thorns that was pushed upon his brow and He loved the hands that pushed the crown. And He hated the sin of the men that hung on either side of Him. Yet He loved them so much that with His near final words, Jesus promised one of them that he would be with Jesus in heaven. One of the men believed and the love of Jesus was made complete in death.

Jesus hates our sin and, praise God, even though we sin and fall short of the glory of God, He loves us. The amazing love of God through Jesus lasts forever. Jesus was without sin so that all of the sins of the world could be soaked into “His sinless soul.” If God loves us that much then we must learn to love each other especially those who choose to hurt us.

God love all of you. Stay warm tonight. Take joy in the journey, wear comfortable shoes and a jacket. Love you all, Bruce, Gaylene, Geni and Travis.

Gcapplenotes@aol.com

I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe and I believe God.

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