How much of what you allow yourself to do and believe is governed by the abuses you have seen rather than the scripture that you read. Are you motivated largely by your disdain for the ugliness of what others have done, or by the beauty of what
We have negative experiences, we see abuses, we commit abuses and we decide out of fear and out of pain; “I will never be this way, I’ll never look like this again, and I’ll never allow it”. And then we create categories that actually isolate ourselves from believing and living in whole aspects of truth in the scriptures.
"Oh to hold onto God's truth and to keep it in my heart, that I may be steady and secure in Him. That nothing in life keep me from His truth or from His promises. That His truth overrules anything I've ever experienced, seen or done!"
Hi Brigit ,
ReplyDeleteDon't agree that there is an absolute here , for after all my response to something ugly would , I believe be motivated and decided by the fact that I have Jesus living in my heart .
I know for a fact that someone delving into , and indeed swamped by , the things of the devil actually enjoys seeing evil and ugly things .
That doesn't mean an unbeliever will not feel compassion though . But it's certainly different once you know the Lord .