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rick:
if we had never hated or been hated, would we really know how to love or recognize being loved. the more i know people hate what i believe the more i know of Gods love for me. and as i grow in Gods love, the easier it is for me to love others. i think hate and anger, while evil, is helping conform us to the image of His Son. Just my thoughts............rick
YellowStone:
Arcturus, your following words are priceless, for meekness is not cowardliness :)
--- Quote ---As I read what you wrote about meekness a definition came to mind. Meekness is GREAT STRENGTH under CONTROL! I think meekness is also knowing God is Sovereign and He is the One in Control!
--- End quote ---
Is this not exactly what Christ was aluding to when he said:
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Do not the animals which take the yoke of man and serve him without complaint demonstrate "GREAT STRENGTH under CONTROL!" Does not their master wash them down after a hard days work, feeds and waters them and gives them shelter to rest. Will not God do the same for us? :)
Mat 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
Mat 6:25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Mat 6:26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Mat 6:27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Mat 6:28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
Mat 6:29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Great post Arcurus :)
Love in Christ,
Darren
Redbird:
Hi Arcturus and Darren,
I just returned this week from a beautiful vacation in the North Carolina mountains and I am so happy to see my pals at peace with eachother. :)
God Bless you!
Love, Lisa
jER:
Amen! "Meekness is not, weakness."
- jER
Deborah-Leigh:
Darren
Those are beautiful scriptures and very encouraging.
I have always loved horses. What you say about animals reminded me of how a trainer has to "break" a horse in order to be able to enjoy riding it for racing or for show jumping. If the animal is wild it will be all over the track and be a menace to both rider and competitors and even a danger to the audience! Once a horse is "broken in" by a good and skilled trainer, then it is of greater value. Like us, we have to be broken in our hearts before our Lord brings the healing of His Presence to us and then that Presence of HIM becomes of value to us and we begin to recognise and appreciate who The Lord is. HE was sent to heal the broken hearted. Luke 4:18 and it is our stony wicked hearts that have to break in order for the benefit of healing to follow.
Obedience belongs to a broken heart that is healed by the Lord. Just like only a broken horse can win a race!
Lisa, thank you for your prayers.
Peace be to you
Arcturus :)
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