[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by NeitherFirstnorLast

She told me she "doesn't want to receive this from me", that she sees Christ in me, but she doesn't want anything else..

Of all the disturbing things here, this one disturbed me the most. This notion that we can only "receive Christ" from each other is neither realistic nor healthy. After all, how much of what we are is "Christ", and how much is still human? This is what I meant by "while we're still on this earth all that glitters is not gold". The apostle Paul made it clear that we are still made up of flesh and blood. Our bodies will be the last thing to be redeemed. For now, it must be enough for God to be life to our souls...our hearts and minds. To not "want anything else" (but Christ) in our fellow believers is to be disingenuous at the very least, and in fact is discounting what the Lord commanded and the apostles taught. "By this shall all men know you are my disciples" - What, that we only see "Christ" in each other? No, that "if you have love one to another". There will be plenty of time to see Christ in each other in the Kingdom to come - for now we are to love one another. This is the "new commandment". Christ is easy to love, He is holy, He is righteous, He is wise, He is beautiful and so lovable... we can always love the "Christ" in each other, no problem. But what about the rest, you know, the %99 percent of us that is not Christ? THIS is the part the the Lord commanded us to love in each other.

Ok, I got off in a tangent again, as I'm want to do.

Oh, by the way, I'm a brudder not a seeestar