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July 16, 2005

When you love...

My kids have two birds. These birds are so messy and require you to spend a lot of time cleaning up after them. One of them is so noisy that he disturbs the peace and tranquility of the house. As you might guess, I can't stand these birds and yet I realize that JaNae' and Josh love these disturbing animals. And every time those birds get on my nerves I have to weigh my reaction to the birds against my great love for those two kids and it is amazing that when I do that how much easier it is for me to accept even these birds.

I realize that there are people who work our nerves but when we think of how much God loves these persons and that Jesus was willing to die for even those who try my patience, my love for God constrains and sometimes even transforms my reaction to them.

Rodney King asked the question, "Can we just get along?" I hate to pour cold water on these words but we Christians are not commanded to just get along with people we are commanded to love them. And when we do...oh my God what a difference LOVE makes.

Posted by Bishop at July 16, 2005 08:58 AM

Comments

love em not necessarily like em i think like used in scripture 12 +-times and seems to mean "as if".........don't know any of us that look like an "as if"

Posted by: c.marlowe[kojak] [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 11, 2005 08:04 PM