Isn't that a great quote? I love the idea of Jesus communicating his heart toward the people in my life, using me - my attitudes, my acceptance of them, my decisions to do the right thing, my joy that prevails and even grows through the medium of brokenness and pain. My decision to show love to someone not because I particularly want to, but simply because they need love.
Plenty of people have done that for me. They have been Jesus to me. And I'd like to pay it forward.
It's so different from pointing the finger at people, telling them how bad they are and how they should straighten up and fly right.
Not that there's never a place for confronting someone with the ugly truth. Knowing the truth sets us free, and truth can be ugly. But truth without love tears down. There seems to be so much truth-without-love thrown around by talking heads that claim to represent Jesus. Sometimes it makes me nauseous.
Uh-oh. I'm beginning to wax self-righteous - it takes one to know one, you know. I'm in recovery from that. Anyhoo, I'm just saying that I really want my interactions, and my decisions behind closed doors, and my pocketbook, to saturate my world with the fragrance of Christ. It's so much more seductive than bashing people over the head with my Bible.
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oh very true sister... preach it! :)
ReplyDelete'Cause ya know sister, we aren't gonna win anyone to Christ whackin' them on the head with the "Good Book!" Heeeeheehe! Loved your post today, it's so very true that we are to share the love,baby...the love of Jesus!
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I was just poppin' in to say howdy and see what you were up to. Have a blessed day, sister!
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