Choosing Love

Fill me with Yourself Lord, that I would not be lonely but full, full of Your Love

So that, I could pour out rather than take.

Help me be an instrument of they grace, mercy and truth

that I would love others no matter what they do.

To forgive, remembering I’m forgiven too.

To bless and not curse;

To serve and not take;

To allow the Holy Spirit to work in my life;

Change my heart and renew my mind so that I can think like You, act like You and speak like You.

Blow my mind with your Word;

Ignite my heart with a pure Love;

Open my eyes to see what actions to take, steps to follow

and may Peace pursue me as I pursue it.

Currently I am reading UnInvited by Lysa TerKeurst today’s chapter was on Friendship Breakups. This hit home because I know I have in my past a wake of broken relationships. Lysa mentions how “when people care more about being right than ending right prove how wrong they are”. I see how this can cause a lot of trouble in relationships and create distance and disunity. I am sure none of us have to look very far to see how true this is.

“Time grows seeds that were planted, watered and fertilized.” Another picture of how the words we speak and the actions we take become the seeds, then plants that grow over time. I am becoming more and more aware of how my words and actions grow or destroy relationships. Even words spoken in my conversations with God and self can impact my relationships. Am I coming to God, complaining about so and so or fighting for them with prayers of supplication?

“Fight for her” Wow those words struck me, because just recently I battled rejection with a fairly new friend who though we have not spent a lot of time together, I have connected with her in my heart. She has a beautiful heart of love for those less fortunate, and wounded by men. I love her dearly because she loves others so well. She is vibrant and energetic, full of life and lives loved. I really appreciate her and now see how the enemy, the true enemy which is not flesh and blood, works to destroy what can be a beautiful friendship through our weaknesses. People are not the enemy, Ephesians 6 reminds us of this that there is an adversary that we need to be aware of as does 1 Peter 5:8-9 reminds us. It is important to stay alert to his ways because he is real.

Last words of Lysa’s from today’s reading (pages 72-73) I would like to share are these:

“Honor God – Obey God

Speak with honor in midst of being dishonored

Speak with peace in midst of being threatened

Speak of good things in midst of a bad situation

Be obedient to, trust and believe God and let Him, boss around our contrary feelings.”

It is not always easy to obey God, put our feelings aside and move towards people but it is the right thing to do, to fight for the other person is to “stay right in step with honoring God”.

Thank you Lysa for the encouragement to keep on Living Loved and for showing how to bring the fullness of God into difficult relationship situations.