I had a question answered this morning that I have been having for a little while now...(understatement)...Do I need to actually love someone that has betrayed me so deeply that I sometimes felt like just shutting my mind off so I wouldn't have to think about them or completely shut my eyes because I look around and think that I see them which stirs fear and anger in my heart....or can I just forgive them. In the back of my mind I felt like I knew the answer but I have never searched for the actual true fact. Today I read in Matthew 5:43 about loving your enemies...right away that came to mind and while the term "enemies" is mostly referring to those that persecute you and think ill of you for some reason, I believe that enemies has a little more than one meaning. For further confirmation I went to the good old Internet and typed in the words "biblical loving your enemies" and this woman's XANGA site came up that had a little one line sentence talking about how Jesus loved his disciples...even his betrayer...Judas. He sat there with him with a calm heart and actually washed his feet, knowing that Judas would betray Him......Talk about an example to follow! Easy? Nope. But with God's help, all things are possible, right?
So today, I pray that God will bless the one who has hurt me (and those that I love) more deeply than I thought possible. I pray that he will find the right way through God and His word. I pray that I will be able to love them just as Christ loved his betrayer and I pray that mine and their hearts will grow and be healed of all that has taken place and that God's will will triumph in the lives of all involved.
"When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul.
It is well, with my soul, It is well, with my soul, It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blessed assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul."
May God truly bless your day
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
Jenna, I opened your blog tonight with the intention of sending you birthday greetings for you to find tomorrow on your very special day--your 19th birthday!!! What I found, gripped my heart and mind and left me rejoicing in our God and Savior, who is the Healer of broken hearts. As I read your honest, transparent post, I was deeply moved with joy and a myriad of other emotions--gratefulness, joy, hope, and even conviction. Thank you, sweet one, for your sensitivity to God's Word and His voice and your willingness to share with us all His work in your heart leading the way through obedience. I love you, my child, and thank God each and every day for who you are and what you bring to our lives. I pray you will have a wonderful birthday tomorrow and celebrate life--your life of 19years and His life in you! Love, Mom
Thanks for sharing, Jenna :)
I have had to deal with the problem many of times... A while back, I was trying to come to a good conclusion with Mike, the occultist across the street who introduced the thing into my life. I thought ill of him a while, since occultism did a lot to me. However, I came to terms with this and I have mostly forgiven him. I cannot say fully, and maybe I never can, but we are at least at good terms.
I think I should go update my blog... Hasn't been updated in a week or two!
Loved the Blog!!!
And by the way.. THAT is my most favorite Hymn of all times & I loved it even more when I heard the story behind it...
You're still touching us form thousands of miles away..
- F
Jenna, I don't usually write on these things, but I have been following you a bit on your blog and when your dad told me about what you wrote Saturday I was very touched. I have found it easy to forgive those who have hurt me so much, but loving them is truly something altogether different. We are commanded to my the Lord and so we must! It is a lesson that took me years to learn. You have learned it now and you have found your way to love. That is a great accomplishment! It is an ongoing task. I will be praying for you and with you. I always thought that when the people who hurt me were gone it would be different. But it is not. We still need to love them in our hearts, even if all we have of them is the memories of the pain. M. "Jo" S.
My Jenners!
I just read your blog...for some reason I can't get to it at work anymore! Grrr...
Oh my goodness! Loving and forgiving our enemies like Jesus did! Wow...He did live the perfect example for us and then to wash His betrayer's feet...what love. I truly want to live that way too! And, if nothing else, regardless of how good or not, it makes me feel...it will honor the Lord and please Him! :o)
I love you-
Mary
Jenna, I just read your blog... and it broke my heart. Yes, it is one of the hardest things we Christians have to face. Forgiving not only our enemies but those we love as well.
"IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL"
Love, Grandma Sharron
Post a Comment