Friday, July 29, 2016
Friday, July 8, 2016
TRUTH with GRACE in LOVE
The death of an innocent life at the hands of another is
always extremely sad and entirely unnecessary. Whether that life be black or
white, civilian or peace officer, an unborn child or an aged saint, life is a gift from God and should be
respected and treasured. Such a loss is always enormous to those who are close
or can identify in some significant way.
The difficulty begins with unique life experiences that
cannot be expressed in a way that will allow the hearer to be changed and
impacted to the same degree as the one experiencing it. The result is that you
will never be able to truly comprehend the depth of the hurt, fear and pain of
another. When commenting on something that has touched a person at one of those
deep emotional wounds, you cannot even imagine how much your careless and
thoughtless words can hurt and enrage. For example, those never suffering
sexual abuse can ever really know the depth of the injury or the impact it has
on every relationship for the rest of their life. Many have suffered great
injustices because of their religious beliefs or their cultural background that
you may think you understand yet, cannot truly know the toll that fear can take.
In the same way, those who have never suffered from the very real racism
that is rampant in our society cannot comprehend never feeling safe and secure
in public.
It is critical then, that we as Believers in Jesus Christ
always speak with compassion and consideration.
We are told to speak the
TRUTH not opinionated commentary.
We are to do so with GRACE seeking to bless even the undeserving.
And to do it with LOVE, real heartfelt compassion and concern for every living soul.
We are to do so with GRACE seeking to bless even the undeserving.
And to do it with LOVE, real heartfelt compassion and concern for every living soul.
Strive always to be the hands and lips of our loving God NOT
the destructive and divisive ones of the great destroyer, Satan himself.
Love one another as God has loved you,
Jay Cubbison
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