"Love One Another"

chickengirl · Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 12:26 pm Post subject: "Love One Another"

I start each morning with a reading from Oswald Chambers...after reading this I update my Nortons, check my e-mail, then come to CC to see if there are any new posts in this forum....the following is this mornings reading:

My Utmost For His Highest
May 11
"Love One Another"
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. . . add to your . . . brotherly kindness love 2 Peter 1:5, 7

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Love is an indefinite thing to most of us; we dont know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the loftiest preference of one person for another, and spiritually Jesus demands that this sovereign preference be for Himself (see Luke 14:26 ). Initially, when "the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit" ( Romans 5:5 ), it is easy to put Jesus first. But then we must practice the things mentioned in 2 Peter 1 to see them worked out in our lives.

The first thing God does is forcibly remove any insincerity, pride, and vanity from my life. And the Holy Spirit reveals to me that God loved me not because I was lovable, but because it was His nature to do so. Now He commands me to show the same love to others by saying, ". . . love one another as I have loved you" ( John 15:12 ). He is saying, "I will bring a number of people around you whom you cannot respect, but you must exhibit My love to them, just as I have exhibited it to you." This kind of love is not a patronizing love for the unlovableit is His love, and it will not be evidenced in us overnight. Some of us may have tried to force it, but we were soon tired and frustrated.

"The Lord . . . is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish . . ." ( 2 Peter 3:9 ). I should look within and remember how wonderfully He has dealt with me. The knowledge that God has loved me beyond all limits will compel me to go into the world to love others in the same way. I may get irritated because I have to live with an unusually difficult person. But just think how disagreeable I have been with God! Am I prepared to be identified so closely with the Lord Jesus that His life and His sweetness will be continually poured out through Me? Neither natural love nor Gods divine love will remain and grow in me unless it is nurtured. Love is spontaneous, but it has to be maintained through discipline.

2Peter 1
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

Philippians 1:20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

This is how God speaks to me...I don't think it coincidental, that I should read this, then read sicprefix's post titled: "I withdraw"...I hope to take my lumps "like a man"...and not like a "chickengirl"

ekrubtap · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 1:07 am Post subject:

A few excerpts from "Kid's Reflections On The Nature Of Love"
http://www.anvari.org/fun/Truth/Kids_Re..._Love.html

What Do Most People Do On A Date?
"On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that
usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
-Mike, age 10

The Great Debate: Is It Better To Be Single Or Married?
"It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a
kid. I don't need that kind of trouble."
-Kenny, age 7

"I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade
hard enough."
-Regina, age 10

"Sensitivity don't hurt."
-Robbie, age 8

"Don't do things like have smelly, green sneakers. You might
get attention, but attention ain't the same thing as love."
-Alonzo, age 9

"Yell out that you love them at the top of your lungs...and
don't worry if their parents are right there."
-Manuel, age 8

"It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on
fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their
hearts are... on fire."
-Christine, age 9

"All of a sudden, the people get movie fever so they can sit
together in the dark."
-Sherm, age 8

"Spend most of your time loving instead of going to work."
-Tom, age 7

chickengirl · Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 9:54 am Post subject:

heehee...I like what 7 year old Tom says: "spend most of your time loving, instead of going to work." Smile

Here's a couple of others I've read:

"When you're in love, your eyelashes go up and down, and up and down, and little stars come out of you." Razz

"When someone loves you, your name sounds different coming out of their mouth, and you know your name is safe there." Rolling Eyes

shamash · Corporal Joined: Mar 21, 2004 Posts: 70 Location: USA

You sure those were written by children, Ekrubtap? They sound like some guys i know back home. Laughing


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