Sometimes we don’t see
things as they really are.
We see them as we are.
Personal devotionals
Hurtful
communication weakens us. It hurts like guilt or shame.
Thanks to God. .
.forgiveness can redefine perception.
It
appears the Psalmist still speaks to some. So much Christian depression may be
the person is listening too much to the self-talk instead of talking the right
things to the self. [Ps. 42:11]
Rather,
we should say, “I look up to the sky and what do I see: The Creator looking
back at me.” [Ps.121: 1-3; Ps. 119: 105]
One
significant strength in the Christian way. . . we can really depend on the
grace given by the heavenly Father through Christ. Grace covers ALL the
ungracious thoughts and actions.
Maybe
a great tragedy in life is NOT what appears unanswered prayer, but prayer never
prayed.
“Lord,
I trust in your Grace when my gut response is ungracious thought or action.”
It
appears today that the way we talk to each other can be defined by three ideas.
1)
We get communication through information.
2)
We get language thrown at us for motivation.
3)
We maintain personal and more intimate
talk to each other.
Of
course, these get combined but if in a relationship, the first two only happen,
you have people trying to change each other. More heart sharing needs to
happen, more intimate and trusting language is needed for better relations.
Most
children still have the third emphasis. They speak only personal, trusting,
accepting language.
Maybe
that’s why scripture says we should become more like little children sometimes
in dealing with each other and God.
The
hope of being blessed [like in Mt. 5:3-10] can work a change in us that
actually enables our capacity to be blessed.
A
religion that is tempting thrives on a contract principle, a quid-pro-quo, “ God
if you will do X, I will do Y”. Sometimes it is subtle as we think scripture
tells one thing and we think another.
For
instance, we tend to interpret that God will heal everyone or that He will stop
all wars. Our experience shows otherwise. We need to believe that God actually
does do what’s best for the whole world, even when we do not understand.
We
need to follow His Covenant. True Christian commitment follows God’s Grace
agreement not a contract that can be broken.
WHAT.
. . YOU’RE WRONG!!
When
the scripture says, “Blessed are the meek…” from Mt.5:5 sometimes our attitude
has to let the other Christian person be wrong or even great and to learn to
love them into accuracy rather than correct them.
God’s
full acceptance may mean to learn to love persons when they are inaccurate. The
real challenge is to help them feel accepted in a relationship and the
accuracies can be dealt with later when a caring attitude carries them along
with the heart of your relationship.